More than 400 young musicians from the band, orchestras and choir of the Music Office under the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will perform at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall at 3pm on March 8 (Sunday) to present fine music at the 2026 Music Office Annual Gala.

     An array of Chinese and Western music will be presented by 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 batons of Music Office instructors Lai Wing-yan, Dr Joseph Kam, Lee Sing-wan and Kwok Kin-ming. 

     The programme includes enchanting choral works, "Locus Iste", "Across the Vast, Eternal Sky" and "Measure Me, Sky!"; fascinating strings works, Vivaldi's "Concerto No. 10 in B minor" and Purcell's "Chacony in G minor"; band pieces "Sheltering Sky", which exudes a sense of serene simplicity, and the exciting "Ride" by Samuel R Hazo; gaohu concerto "The Bauhinia", a celebration of the harmony of family and the prosperity of society; the masterpieces, Tchaikovsky's "Capriccio Italien" and Emmanuel Chabrier's "España", depicting the richness of the Southern European flair and sentiment.

     Awards of the year will be presented to the most outstanding trainees and members of the Music Office's band, orchestras and choir at the concert.

     Tickets priced at $100, $130 and $150 will be available starting on February 8 at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For telephone bookings, please call 3166 1288. For programme enquiries and concessionary schemes, please call 2796 1003 or 3842 7784 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/mo/activities/traineesevents/musicnconcert/MOAG26.html.

Ends/Friday, February 6, 2026
Issued at HKT 11:30

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