Chamber Gems by Hong Kong Sinfonietta: Happy Birthday Kurtág 100!

EVENT DESCRIPTION

In response to popular demand, our Chamber Gems free concert series organised in collaboration with the Music Department of The Chinese University of Hong Kong is returning this season – join us at the Lee Hysan Concert Hall for a programme of exquisite chamber music!

PROGRAMME

Bartók
Violin Rhapsody No 2

Violin: James Cuddeford
Piano: Colleen Lee (HKS Artist Associate 2010-2011) *

György Kurtág
Tre Pezzi for Violin & Piano, Op 14e (1979)

Violin: James Cuddeford
Piano: Colleen Lee (HKS Artist Associate 2010-2011) *

György Kurtág
Hommage à R. Sch., Op 15d (1990)

Clarinet: Chen Chiu-yuan
Viola: Ringo Chan
Piano: Colleen Lee (HKS Artist Associate 2010-2011) *

György Kurtág
From Signs, Games and Messages & Games:
Hommage à J. S. B. for Violin (1976)
Hommage à John Cage (Faltering Words) for Viola (1987)
Hommage à Domenico Scarlatti for Piano (1979)
Hommage à Paganini (La Nuova Campanella) for Piano (1979)
Hommage à Schubert for Piano (1979)
Hommage à Bartók for Piano (1979)
Hommage à Elliott Carter for Clarinet (1998)
Hommage à Tchaikovsky for Piano (1979)

Violin: James Cuddeford
Viola: Ringo Chan
Clarinet: Chen Chiu-yuan
Piano: Colleen Lee (HKS Artist Associate 2010-2011) *

György Kurtág
György Kroó in Memoriam (1997)

Violin: James Cuddeford
Viola: Ringo Chan
Clarinet: Chen Chiu-yuan
James Cuddeford

Hommage à Kurtág II (2024-2025) (Asian première)

Violin: James Cuddeford
Viola: Elvis Chan
Cello: Chang Pei-chieh
Piano: Colleen Lee (HKS Artist Associate 2010-2011) *
Mozart

Piano Quartet No 2 in E-flat, K493

Violin: James Cuddeford
Viola: Elvis Chan
Cello: Chang Pei-chieh
Piano: Colleen Lee (HKS Artist Associate 2010-2011) *

* Guest performer

Free admission, online registration starting from 6.2.2026