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The Leisure and Cultural Services Department's Guangdong Music Series will present fascinating programmes from October to December. The programme will feature concerts by groups of veteran musicians with a mission of perpetuating traditional Chinese culture and promoting Guangdong Music. In addition to the concerts, there are also free outdoor performances.
Programme details are as follows:
Cantonese Music in Hong Kong - A Concert of "Hard-bow" Ensemble
October 13 (Saturday), 8pm
Theatre, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre
Tickets: $160, $120
"Mesmerizing Wind and Bowed-strings" - A Concert by the Hong Kong Yue Yue Tuan
October 14 (Sunday), 8pm
Theatre, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre
Tickets: $160, $120
A Concert by the Cantonese Music and Song Art Troupe
November 5 (Monday), 8pm
Theatre, Ko Shan Theatre
Tickets: $160, $130, $110
"Cantonese Music and Its Roots" by the Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble
November 11 (Sunday), 4pm
Theatre, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre
Tickets: $160, $120
December 27 (Thursday), 8pm
Auditorium, North District Town Hall
Tickets: $100, $80
A Tribute to Wan Chi-chung, Guiding Light in Cantonese Saloon Music in Hong Kong
November 16 (Friday), 8pm
Theatre, Yau Ma Tei Theatre
Tickets: $160, $120
Guangdong Music Under the Tree (Free Admission)
Chaozhou Music
December 1 (Saturday), 2.30pm
Guangdong Music
December 2 (Sunday), 2.30pm
Former Yamen Building of Kowloon Walled City, owloon Walled City Park
Tickets are now available at all URBTIX utlets, on the Internet and by telephone credit card booking. Half-price tickets are available for senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and their minders, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients (limited tickets for CSSA recipients available on a first-come, first-served basis).
Patrons who purchase standard tickets for two or more of the above-mentioned concerts can enjoy a Guangdong Music Series package discount. There is a 10 per cent discount for each purchase for two concerts, 15 per cent off for three concerts, and 20 per cent off for four or more concerts. A group booking discount scheme is also available. Please refer to the series booklet and the programme leaflets for more details.
For programme enquiries, please call 2268 7321, or visit ww.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/00000420.html. For ticketing enquiries, please call 2734 9009. For telephone credit card bookings, please call 2111 5999. For Internet bookings, please visit www.urbtix.hk.
Ends/Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Issued at HKT 15:00
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