Singapore Chinese Orchestra plays free at Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage in the Singapore Botanic Gardens on Saturday 14 November 2026, 6pm to 7pm. One hour, no interval. Bring a picnic mat. NParks lists it as wheelchair accessible. Associate Conductor Lien Boon Hua 连汶华 is on the podium. Guan player Zhang Shuo 张硕 takes the Silk Road movement. SCO's own page names the concert Music Oasis. The Chinese title on the key visual is 绿荫乐鸣.
Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage sits on Symphony Lake, Tanglin Core. Singapore Botanic Gardens, 1 Cluny Road. Botanic Gardens MRT (CC19/DT9) to Nassim Gate, then walk toward the lake. Napier MRT (TE12) to Tanglin Gate is the other side. Gardens hours are 5am to midnight. Email NParks at NParks_SBG_Events@nparks.gov.sg. Official listings: NParks event page and SCO Music Oasis.
What they play in 60 minutes
The programme opens with Harvest, arranged by Peng Xiuwen and Cai Huiquan. Then The Great Wall Capriccio by Liu Wenjin. Zhang Shuo plays the fifth movement of Zhao Jiping's Silk Road Fantasia Suite, The Dance of Qiuci, on guan. Countryside by Taiwanese composer Hannah Hsieh is the contemporary piece. The closer is Impressions of Chinese Music, movement III Daqu, by Jiang Ying. SCO published a programme brochure on the same page. There is photography and videography during the concert. SCO says some images may go into newsletters and social posts.
This is an outreach date, not a ticketed night at Singapore Conference Hall. No booking form on either official page. Turn up, put a mat on the slope, listen. The lawn fills early on a dry Saturday. 6pm is dusk in mid-November. Bring a light layer if you sit still for an hour. Food from home is fine on the lawn. The stage is open air. If the weather turns, watch NParks socials the same afternoon. I am not inventing a rain date. Neither page prints one.
How to sit, and what to eat after
From Botanic Gardens MRT, Nassim Gate is the usual walk to Symphony Lake. From Napier, Tanglin Gate. The stage faces the water. The crowd sits on the grass in front and on the slope to the side. Wheelchair users should use the sealed paths around the lake, then the accessible edge of the lawn. NParks flags the concert as wheelchair accessible. It does not name a reserved bay. Arrive 30 minutes early if you need a flat patch at the front.
Halia at the Ginger Garden and the visitor-centre cafes close on their own clocks. Do not count on a table at 7.05pm after the last bow. Eat on Cluny Road, or walk out to Dempsey if you want a proper dinner. The Gardens stay open until midnight, so you can sit by the lake after the orchestra packs up. The concert photograph NParks uses on the listing is from an earlier SCO date, EXIF 14 March 2026, Lien Boon Hua on the same podium. The 14 November key visual on sco.com.sg is the one with the date, the stage, and 连汶华 printed on it.
Practical details
- Dates: Saturday 14 November 2026.
- Time: 6pm to 7pm. One hour, no intermission.
- Venue: Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage, Singapore Botanic Gardens, 1 Cluny Road.
- Nearest MRT: Botanic Gardens (CC19/DT9) via Nassim Gate, or Napier (TE12) via Tanglin Gate.
- Price: Free. Picnic mat. Wheelchair accessible.
- Website: SCO Music Oasis, NParks listing
中文要点
新加坡华乐团 2026年11月14日（六）晚上6时至7时，在新加坡植物园邵氏基金交响台举行绿荫乐鸣 Music Oasis，免费，一小时，没有中场休息。指挥是副指挥连汶华，管子演奏张硕。植物园 1 Cluny Road，地铁 Botanic Gardens（CC19/DT9）走 Nassim Gate，或 Napier（TE12）走 Tanglin Gate。公园开放至午夜。询问电邮 NParks_SBG_Events@nparks.gov.sg。官网：sco.com.sg 与 NParks 活动页。无障碍通道可用，请自备野餐垫。
曲目：彭修文、蔡惠泉改编《丰收》，刘文金《长城随想》，赵季平《丝绸之路幻想组曲》第五乐章《龟兹舞曲》（管子：张硕），台湾作曲家 Hannah Hsieh《乡间》，姜莹《印象国乐》第三乐章大曲。这是外展场，不是滨海艺术中心售票场，两个官网都没有报名表，直接到草坪坐。傍晚6时天快黑，带一件薄外套。若下雨，当天看 NParks 社交账号，页面没有写备选日期。演完想吃饭，Halia 和园内咖啡座未必还开，可以往 Cluny Road 或登普士。
