Good Music for Kids (3-6 years old)

EVENT DESCRIPTION

You are cordially invited to join us on a musical adventure where we will travel through unknown territories, meet magnificent creatures and party to the sparkling works of Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Johann Strauss Jr and more, with conductor Vivian Ip as your friendly guide! Kids, parents and everyone in between are all welcome!

Conductor/Presenter: Vivian Ip

Programme

Respighi
The Birds: Prelude

Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol: III Alborada

Elgar
The Wand of Youth Suite No 1: Sun Dance

Saint-Saëns
The Carnival of the Animals: The Elephant

Delibes
Sylvia: Pizzicato

Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans & Scene from Act II

Mozart/Ng Cheuk-yin arr
Turkish March

Prokofiev
Classical Symphony: Gavotte

Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K525: Rondo

Handel
Water Music: Minuet

Benjamin
Jamaican Rumba

Johann Strauss Jr
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin: Prélude

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

One of Hong Kong’s flagship orchestras, Hong Kong Sinfonietta has brought music closer to the community, and achieved significant local and international recognition for its passionate performances and innovative programming. Since 1999, Hong Kong Sinfonietta has collaborated with an illustrious array of international musicians and groups, including in recent years Ilya Gringolts, Martin Helmchen, Sergei Nakariakov, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Krzysztof Penderecki, Mariinsky Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, The Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet and Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.

The orchestra is a regular guest at international arts festivals and has toured 41 cities around the world. As an avid believer of keeping music alive and contemporary, Hong Kong Sinfonietta commissions and performs new works every year and ventures into new initiatives, recently receiving wide acclaim for its Back On Stage concert film series, as well as the Tiny Galaxy Concerts online series featuring performances recorded at a fascinating hostel in Hong Kong. In 2021, the orchestra co-curated the “Life is Art” film festival with MOViE MOViE, while continuing to break down barriers between music and audience with free chamber concerts held regularly at Hong Kong City Hall.