Short-cut to Classical Music: Story of the Conductor

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What does a conductor actually do? This is a perpetual mystery to many – and one which even orchestral musicians might struggle to explain. ‎Do conductors just count the bars? Or are they the soul of the music? How do they communicate with the musicians? How do they understand the ideas in the composers’ minds (especially if they are not around anymore)? Let’s ask Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s Music Director Emeritus Yip Wing-sie, and clarify everything once and for all through the masterpieces of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bernstein, Weber and more!

Music Director Emeritus/Conductor:  Yip Wing-sie

Programme
Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G, BWV1048: 1st movement

Mozart
The Magic Flute, K620: Overture

Beethoven
Symphony No 8 in F, Op 93: 2nd movement

Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op 61: Scherzo

Weber/Berlioz orch
Invitation to the Dance, Op 65

Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture, Op 9

Beethoven
Symphony No 7 in A, Op 92: 1st movement

Bernstein
Three Dance Episodes from On the Town

Wagner
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV96: Prelude

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, Bolshoi Ballet, The Royal 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 crossover initiatives, recently receiving wide acclaim for its groundbreaking concert films at MOViE MOViE, Back On Stage and Back On Stage II (Quarantined!).