"Journeys through Music" Lecture Series to feature French composers
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Romantic and delicate, the music of French composers can be likened to fine wine. A small change is enough to stimulate the human senses, awakening endless fantasies. The lecture series will take audiences on a journey through France with the appreciation and detailed analysis of French music. All lectures of "Journeys through Music Lecture Series: Into France" (in Cantonese) will be held at 7.30pm at the Lecture Hall of the Hong Kong Space Museum. Details are as follows:
Date: January 4 (Wednesday)
Topic: François Couperin (1668-1733)
Date: January 11 (Wednesday)
Topic: Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Date: January 18 (Wednesday)
Topic: Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Date: January 25 (Wednesday)
Topic: Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Date: February 15 (Wednesday)
Topic: Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Date: February 22 (Wednesday)
Topic: Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Date: March 1 (Wednesday)
Topic: Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Date: March 8 (Wednesday)
Topic: Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Dennis Wu is an active music critic, composer and specialist on a wide range of projects and productions. He is also a radio producer, a Radio Television Hong Kong radio host and a frequent speaker at pre-concert talks, meet-the-artist panels and music criticism seminars. His writings are widely published in local newspapers and magazines.
Tickets priced at $50 per lecture are now available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For telephone credit card bookings, please call 2111 5999. For programme enquiries and concessionary schemes, please call 2268 7321 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/programs_132.html.
Ends/Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Issued at HKT 11:20
Issued at HKT 11:20
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