Queen of Baroque: Dame Emma Kirkby
Baroque series

06.05.2010
(Thursday) 8pm
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall

Dame Emma Kirkby soprano
Simon Over guest conductor

Purcell
Bach

Haydn
Mozart
Mozart

 Suite from The Fairy Queen
Cantata No. 199
Mein Herz Schwimmt in Blut
Symphony No. 38, "Echo"
Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gönner!,aria, K383
Concert aria for soprano & piano obbligato, K.505
"Ch’io mi scordi di te? ... Non temer, amato bene"



  Dame Emma Kirkby is one of the world's most renowned Early Music specialists. She was voted Artist of the Year by Classic FM Radio listeners in 1999, and in a survey run by BBC Music Magazine in 2007, she appeared in the top 10 of "The 20 greatest sopranos". She features regularly aroud the world with many of the leading early music chamber orchestras, notably the Academy of Ancient Music, Freiburger Barockorchester, London Baroque and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Dame Emma Kirkby is a prolific recording artist. Despite her extensive recording activities, she still prefers giving live concerts. Do not miss her long anticipated debut in Hong Kong!

Websites: www.emmakirkby.com

Tickets available from URBTIX from 25.03.10
(Tel: 2734 9009)

Event partners

 

Vocal Master Class by Dame Emma Kirkby

8 May 2010 (Saturday), 10am-12 noon
CR1, Hong Kong Cultural Centre Backstage 7/F

Note: Only ticket holders to the concert are eligible to attend the pre-concert talk.

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