Programme R. STRAUSS｜Josephs Legende: Symphonic Fragment LISZT｜Piano Concerto no. 2 SIBELIUS｜Symphony no. 5 “Today I saw 16 swans. God, what beauty!” Sibelius’ Fifth Symphony begins with a radiant dawn – and ends with a majestic hymn to that vision of nature at its most glorious, crowned with a tune that you’ll never forget. It’s a […]
Programme R. STRAUSS｜Josephs Legende: Symphonic Fragment LISZT｜Piano Concerto no. 2 SIBELIUS｜Symphony no. 5 “Today I saw 16 swans. God, what beauty!” Sibelius’ Fifth Symphony begins with a radiant dawn – and ends with a majestic hymn to that vision of nature at its most glorious, crowned with a tune that you’ll never forget. It’s a […]
Programme MENDELSSOHN｜Violin Concerto BRUCKNER｜Symphony no. 4 Bruckner imagined a story of knights, forests and distant castles, but he preferred to let the music speak for itself, and in the hands of guest conductor Christoph Eschenbach it will do precisely that. Opening the concert, superstar violinist Ray Chen plays Mendelssohn's gloriously tuneful Violin Concerto: you'll believe […]
Programme MENDELSSOHN｜Violin Concerto BRUCKNER｜Symphony no. 4 Bruckner imagined a story of knights, forests and distant castles, but he preferred to let the music speak for itself, and in the hands of guest conductor Christoph Eschenbach it will do precisely that. Opening the concert, superstar violinist Ray Chen plays Mendelssohn's gloriously tuneful Violin Concerto: you'll believe […]
Tradition and renewal, with an orchestra from the heart of Europe. Some orchestras are so good that they really deserve to be heard live. The Bamberg Symphony—one of Germany’s most prestigious orchestras—brought four outstanding online performances to the 2022 Hong Kong Arts Festival. Shortly afterwards it received an International Classical Music Award for its work […]
There are organists and then there is Cameron Carpenter. This is the man who dresses like a punk rocker, performs classical masters, and thrills audiences with the kaleidoscopic colours of his playing. For Carpenter, the organ is capable of “violence, vulgarity, obscenity, high drama, subtlety, and understatement”, and his performances capitalise its potentials to the […]
A celebration of our shared humanity and the power of harmony Music unites—and in an era when the future of humanity might depend upon our ability to talk and listen to each other, the Hong Kong Arts Festival presents an evening-long celebration of dialogue, of our shared humanity, and the power of harmony. The award-winning […]
A programme dedicated to the greatest of all film-composers – John Williams. Music includes Jaws, Schindler’s List, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, E.T., Jurassic Park and Star Wars. This concert also features HK Phil Principal Tuba Paul Luxenburg in the third movement of Williams’ Tuba Concerto. The concert runs approximately 1 hours and 45 minutes with an intermission. Another Concert is […]
A programme dedicated to the greatest of all film-composers – John Williams. Music includes Jaws, Schindler’s List, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, E.T., Jurassic Park and Star Wars. This concert also features HK Phil Principal Tuba Paul Luxenburg in the third movement of Williams’ Tuba Concerto. The concert runs approximately 1 hours and 45 minutes with an intermission. Another Concert is […]
Programme WAGNER | Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod MESSIAEN | Turangalîla-Symphonie Imagine a Hollywood film score, a rhythmic workout, a spectacular piano concerto and a blissed-out hymn to love on a cosmic scale. Now add a super-sized orchestra, a dash of Hindu philosophy, a star pianist and a vintage electronic instrument straight out of science fiction, […]
Programme WAGNER | Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod MESSIAEN | Turangalîla-Symphonie Imagine a Hollywood film score, a rhythmic workout, a spectacular piano concerto and a blissed-out hymn to love on a cosmic scale. Now add a super-sized orchestra, a dash of Hindu philosophy, a star pianist and a vintage electronic instrument straight out of science fiction, […]
Programme BACH | St Matthew Passion Filled with emotion, a survivor of great and terrible events tells his tale. As he sings of his friend’s betrayal and killing, the ancient tragedy comes startlingly alive: a great chorus becomes an angry crowd, and even the listeners become part of the unfolding tragedy. This is Bach’s St Matthew […]