Season 07/08 Concerts
Clock
Youth outreach concert
22 September
2007 (Saturday) 7pm (drinks), 7:30pm (concert & light dinner)
Ocean View Court, The Arcade, Hong Kong Cyberport
Programme
All compositions by
YROCK
Performers include Ghost Souljah, Vivian Wan, James Campion, Fiona
Mak and the Vibes, Dani & Maren, Natasha Ramchandani, Alex Mikic,
Frodo, Seb Stitch, Lorraine Tashjian and the YRock Band Mr. C
Arrangements by Alastair Monteith-Hodge
Phil Whelan, guest conductor
CLASSICAL + ROCK =
CLOCK! This innovative youth outreach programme aims to bridge musical
and generation gaps in just one evening. Be enlightened by what our upcoming
generation has to say through original compositions with the backing and
support of the CCOHK strings. Song creations and digital media produced
during this concert will be dedicated to various children charities.
Enquiries &
Reservation: 9262-8624 (from 22.08.07)
Co-presented
by YRock (www.yrock.com.hk)
Sponsored by:
  
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Sound the Trumpet
Masters concert
2
October 2007 (Tuesday) 8pm
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
Allen Vizzutti,
trumpet
Andrea Zanchetta, violin, Matthew Wu, flute, Leanne Nicholls,
oboe
Jean Thorel, guest conductor
Programme
Hertel: Concerto
for trumpet in E-flat major
Frederick the Great: Symphony No. 1 in G major
Bach: Brandenburg concerto No. 2
Schnittke: Suite in olden style for chamber orchestra
Vizzutti (arr.): The carnival of Venus
Allen Vizzutti's sound
of the trumpet is like the planet Venus - out of this world! From the
regal piccolo of Bach's Brandenburg concerto No. 2 to the jaw-dropping
virtuosity of Vizzutti's own carnival variations, audiences can expect
an evening of exceptional variety and showmanship.
Tickets: available
from URBTIX from 07.09.07 (Tel: 2734 9009)
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the flyer click here
Spirit of Two Strings
Pre-Italian tour concert
30
November
2007 (Friday) 8pm
Sha Tin Town Hall Auditorium
Hsin Hsiao-hung,
erhu
Ho Hong-ying, violin
Andrew Massey,
Guest Conducter
Programme
Mao Yuan: Two
Scenes from China for chamber orchestra
Situ Gang: Double concerto for erhu, violin and strings
Tan Dun: Crouching Tiger concerto for erhu and chamber orchestra
The combined sounds
of the two-stringed Chinese erhu and the violin make this a rare East-meets-West
event. Erhu master Hsin Hsiao-hung and the CCOHK's own concertmaster Ho
Hong-ying perform the Hong Kong premiere of Situ Gang's double concerto
for erhu and violin. The programme also includes the perennially popular
melodies of Mao Yuan and a compelling chamber version of Tan Dun's Oscar-winning
soundtrack Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
This programme will
be repeated on the CCOHK's Italian tour to L'Aquila, Ascoli Piceno, Vasto
and at the "XIII Mostra Biennale di Liuteria nel Mezzogiorno"
festival in Ortona near Rome with the support of the Arts Development
Fund of the Home Affairs Bureau, the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region.
Tickets: available
from URBTIX from 30.10.07 (Tel: 2734 9009)
Sponsored by: 
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The Little Mermaid
Family concert
26
January 2008 (Saturday) 3pm & 7:30pm
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
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Silver-Garburg
Piano Duo
Nancy Loo, narrator
Matthew Hale, narrator/tenor
Andrew Massey, guest conductor
Programme
Lior Navok:
The Little Mermaid for narrator, two pianos and orchestra
(story by Hans Christian Andersen)
David Haslam: Juanita The Spanish Lobster
(story by Johnny Morris)
Don't miss the Hong
Kong premieres of these two classic under-the-sea adventures narrated
to live orchestral music and the virtuosic sounds of the Silver-Garburg
Piano Duo.
Tickets: available from URBTIX from 26.12.07 (Tel: 2734 9009)
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Suitable for
children aged three and above
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Twins on Winds
Rising stars concert
2 April 2008
(Wednesday) 11:30am
Yuen Long Theatre Auditorium (Sponsored by the Hongkong Bank
Foundation for invited schools in Yuen Long and Tin Shiu Wai only)
3 April 2008 (Thursday) 8pm
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
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The Gurfinkel Clarinet
Duo
Lior Shambadal, guest conductor
Programme
Mendelssohn: Sinfonia
No. 2 in D major
Partos: Rondo on a Sephardic Theme
Mendelssohn: Concert Piece No. 1 for two clarinets in F major,
Op. 113
Mahler: Adagietto (from Symphony No. 5)
Bizet (arr. Dulizky): Carmen Fantasia for two clarinets
The Gurfinkel Clarinet
Duo comprises two outstanding fifteen-year-old clarinettists who just
happen to be brother twins. Born in Israel to a family of esteemed clarinet
players, Daniel and Alexander Gurfinkel won the prestigious "maestro
competition for young prodigies" at the first Israeli Competition
for Woodwind Players at the age of nine. They have toured internationally
with Vladimir Spivakov and the Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Yuri
Bashmet and Zubin Mehta.
Tickets: available
from URBTIX from 03.03.08 (Tel: 2734 9009)
Co-presented by:
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Harmonica Americas
Masters concert
24 May 2008
(Saturday) 8pm
Sha Tin Town Hall Auditorium
Robert Bonfiglio,
harmonica
Andrew Sewell, guest conductor
Programme
Aaron Copland:
Three Latin-American sketches
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Concerto for harmonica
Michael Torke: Adjustable wrench
Claudio Santoro: Ponteio for strings
Sir George Martin: Three American sketches
Hailed as the "Paganini of the Harmonica" by the Los Angeles
Times, Robert Bonfiglio dazzles audiences worldwide with his versatility
in a wide range of styles from classical harmonica concertos to sizzling
blues. He joins the CCOHK in a programme featuring music from North and
South America including a work by Sir George Martin who was better known
as the "fifth" Beatle.
Tickets: available from URBTIX from 24.04.08 (Tel: 2734 9009)
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The Magic Jungle
Children's concert
19 July 2008
(Saturday) 7:30pm
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
20 July 2008 (Sunday)
3pm
Tsuen Wan Town Hall Auditorium
Programme
Music and Words by
Jean Bunton
Orchestration by Bill Connor
Matthew Hale, narrator/tenor
Bill Connor, guest conductor
"The Magic Jungle"
is an edutaining musical experience designed to introduce children to
the instruments of the orchestra. Through a set of adventures Max the
monkey takes Tim and Rosie to his home in the Magic Jungle. Soon they
discover that every animal in the jungle can play a musical instrument
- the hippo plays the piccolo, the baboon plays the bassoon. One by one
they are dazzled by the sounds of the "Magic Jungle". Meanwhile,
there is trouble afoot as the villainous snake who plays the oboe seeks
to create disharmony by turning the other animal's instruments into woodblocks…..
Tickets: available
from URBTIX from 20.06.08 (Tel: 2734 9009)
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Suitable for children aged three and above
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Note: Programme and
artists subject to change
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