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More than 400 young musicians from the Music Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will perform a variety of Chinese and Western pieces in the 2015 Music Office Annual Gala at 3pm on February 15 (Sunday) at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall, spending a music-filled afternoon with the audience.
Under the batons of Dr Angelina Au, Ng Ka-ming, Lee Sing-wan, Pak Wing-heng, Tsui Ying-fai and Dr Joseph Kam, the musicians will perform a diverse range of stunning music works. The musicians are members of the Music Office Youth Choir, the Hong Kong Youth Strings, the Hong Kong Youth Symphonic Band, the Hong Kong Youth Chinese Orchestra and the Hong Kong Youth Symphony Orchestra under the Music Office.
The programme highlights will include the melodious "Auringon Noustessa (Sunrise)", featuring composer Toivo Kuula's late romantic style, to be performed by the Music Office Youth Choir; Gustav Mahler's romantic "Symphony No. 5, 4th movement", to be performed by the Hong Kong Youth Strings; Ron Nelson's dynamic band music "Aspen Jubilee", to be performed by the Hong Kong Youth Symphonic Band; and the sonorous Italian symphonic poem "Pini di Roma", to be performed by the Hong Kong Youth Symphony Orchestra.
The Hong Kong Youth Chinese Orchestra will perform the powerful "Fishermen's Song of the East Sea" (1978 Version). It will also perform with erhu trainee Wong Ching-yin Pablo de Sarasate's "Carmen Fantasy", which will showcase violin playing techniques arranged by Wong for erhu and the orchestra.
Other performances will include Claudio Monteverdi's motet "Cantate Domino"; Vincent Youmans' "Tea for Two" arranged by Peter Gritton, expressing the passion of a young couple about their blissful future; the lyrical "Hong Kong: Our Home" Campaign theme song from 2013, "Sail On"; the first movement of Antonin Dvořák's "String Quartet in F major, Op. 96" entitled "American", arranged by Ng Ka-ming; and the final movement of Franco Cesarini's "Poema Alpestre" entitled "Dello Stato Divino", revealing the mountain-top experience as the spirit soars to new heights.
Awards will also be presented at the concert to acknowledge the remarkable performances of the most outstanding trainees and members of the Music Office's bands, choirs and orchestras.
Tickets priced at $60, $80 and $100 are now available at URBTIX. Half-price concessions are available for senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and their minders, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients. Credit card booking can be made at 2111 5999, and Internet booking at www.urbtix.hk. For programme enquiries, please call 2796 1003 or 2582 5311 or visit the website www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/mo/activities/upcoming/2015_moag.html.
Ends/Thursday, January 15, 2015
Issued at HKT 17:30
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