Good Music for Kids (3-6 years old)

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Put on your party hats and bring your dancing shoes – it is time to head to a big party at the farm and meet lots of animal friends! In this unique concert featuring some of the liveliest and most enchanting music about animals, Associate Conductor Vivian Ip will open your eyes, ears and heart to the charming and extraordinary power of music.

Associate Conductor/Presenter: Vivian Ip

 

Children aged 3 or above & full-time students: $190, $140

 

Programme

Debussy
Petite Suite: Ballet

Glazunov
The Seasons: Summer (excerpts)

Prokofiev
Cinderella: Grasshoppers and Dragonflies

Saint-Saëns
The Carnival of the Animals: Hens and Cockerels

Falla
El Amor Brujo (Love, the Magician): The Ghost/Dance of Terror

Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Dance of the Clowns

Bartók
Romanian Folk Dances (excerpts)

Milhaud
Le Bœuf sur le Toit (The Ox on the Roof) (excerpts)

Beethoven
Symphony No 6 in F, “Pastorale”: Thunderstorm

Johann Strauss Jr
Thunder and Lightning Polka

Saint-Saëns
The Carnival of the Animals: Tortoises

Offenbach
Orpheus in the Underworld: Can Can

Rossini
William Tell Overture (excerpts)

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. The orchestra 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, The Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet and Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.

Hong Kong Sinfonietta is a regular guest at international arts festivals and has toured 46 cities around the world. As an avid believer of keeping music alive and contemporary, the orchestra commissions and performs new works every year and ventures into new initiatives, recently receiving wide acclaim for its Back On Stage concert film series and becoming the first local orchestra to appear in cinemas. Following the success of the first edition in 2018, the orchestra organised the 2nd Hong Kong International Conducting Competition in 2023, attracting applications from 45 countries/regions around the world and providing an invaluable platform for young conductors to establish their careers.