This March, HKPO’s Associate Conductor Perry So & Concertmaster John Harding will lead some 50 musicians to perform a mixture of solo, quartet, quintet and orchestral pieces at ArtisTree -- the popular multi-purpose venue in TaiKoo Place. Perry conducted Swire Symphony Under the Stars for over 15,000 music lovers at Happy Valley Racecourse last November. Nine talented string players from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan selected as the Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Orchestral Fellows will play under the mentorship of John Harding. HKPO’s Principal Oboe Michael Wilson and Principal Viola Andrew Ling will also be performing.
Venue: ArtisTree, 1/F Cornwall House, TaiKoo Place, Island East
(Quarry Bay MTR Station Exit A or car drop-off point at G/F Oxford House, TaiKoo Place)
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Admission: Free
Enquiry: (852) 2284 4877 (Mon – Fri, 9 am – 5 pm)
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Date
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Programme
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3 March
(Thursday)
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String Chamber Director: John Harding
Beethoven: String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2 Rasumovsky – 1st & 2nd movement
Ysaÿe: Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 27 No. 3 Ballade
DvoÅ�ák: String Quintet in E flat – 1st & 2nd movement
Bach: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV1003 – 1st & 2nd movement
Mendelssohn: String Octet in E flat – 2nd & 1st movement
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4 March
(Friday)
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Orchestral Conductor: Perry So
Weber: Oberon: Overture
Haydn: Symphony No. 78 in C minor
Schubert: Rosamunde: Entr’acte No. 1 – 3
Schubert: Rosamunde: Ballet Music No. 2
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10 March
(Thursday)
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Orchestral Conductor: John Harding
Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin, BWV1060
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K364
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11 March
(Friday)
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Orchestral Conductor: John Harding
Britten: Simple Symphony
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Grieg: From Holberg's Time
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