LibGuides: Singaporean Composers Collection: HO Chee Kong

Biography

Ho, Chee-Kong (b. 1963, Singapore). Singapore composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, piano, and electroacoustic works that have been performed in Asia and elsewhere. In addition, he is Assoc Prof at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music.

His works have been performed in Canada, Greece, Hungary, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA, including at the Asian Music Festival in Tokyo (2003).

http://hocheekong.com/

Vocal music

Night
From: Spice, magic and mystique [music] : Southeast Asian choral repertoire for mixed choir a cappella : 12 songs from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand / edited by André de Quadros.
Night / Ho Chee Kong (p. 42-45) -- Ni wa wa / Ting-Wei Goh (p.46 - 49) -- Xiao he tang shui / Shui Jiang Tian (p. 50 - 55) -- Impressions / Zechariah Goh Toh Chai (p. 56 - 64).

Sound recordings

Echoes of the fall
From: Clarinet north, south, east, west / Luxen, Marcel, Instrumentalist.
Trio op. 11 in B-flat major "Gassenhauer-Trio" / Ludwig van Beethoven (22:02) -- Trio pathetique in D minor / Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (16:25) -- Sonata for two clarinets (6:42) / Francis Poulenc -- Echoes of the fall / Ho Chee Kong (12:42) -- Nintendo music / Matthew Hindson (7:40) -- Solipsism / Michel Lysight (6:37).
Enchanted paths
From: Mother goose suite ; Symphonie fantastique, op 12 ; Contemporary composers series / Singapore National Youth Orchestra.
Disc.1. Mother goose suite / Maurice Ravel : 1. Pavane of the sleeping beauty ; 2. Hop-o'-my-thumb ; 3. Empress of the Pagodas ; 4. Beauty and the beast ; 5. the fairy garden. Symphonie fantastique, op.12 / Hector Berlioz : 6. Reveries-Passions ; 7. A ball ; 8. Scene in the country ; 9. March to the scaffold ; 10. Dream of a witches' sabbath -- disc.2. Contemporary composers series : 1. Metamorphosis / Leong Yoon Pin ; 2. Sinfonia concertante / Kelly Tang ; 3. Enchanted paths / Ho Chee Kong.
Garden veils
From: The joy of music [sound recording] : Singapore National Youth Orchestra concert / conductor Mr Lim Soon Lee.
Of passion & passages
From: Of passion & passages [sound recording] : in celebration of Keppel Corporation's 40th Anniversary.
Ruslan and Ludmilla: overture / Mikhail Glinka -- Piano concerto no. 2 in A major / Franz Liszt -- Of passion & passages / Ho Chee Keong -- West Side story: symphonic dances / Leonard Bernstein -- Can do! / Bernard Tan.
Saeya Saeya
From: A cappella palette / The Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Singapore.
Tembusu evenings
From: Alone : works for solo cello / by Ligeti, Hindemith, Crumb, Ho, Vasks and Sòllima.
Sonata / Gyorgy Ligeti -- Sonata / George Crumb -- Sonata op. 25, no. 3 / Paul Hindemith -- Tembusu evenings / Ho Chee Kong -- Das Buch / Peteris Vasks -- Alone / Giovanni Sòllima.