Mahler & Mendelssohn
SWIRE MAESTRO SERIES
26 & 27-5-2017
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
For ages 6 and above
LeafletHouse Programme
Programme
Concluding for this season the HK Phil’s two-year traversal of Mahler’s symphonies, Maestro Yu Long leads the composer’s sunniest and most approachable: the Fourth, whose ethereal last movement describes a child’s vision of heavenly life—overflowing bowls of tasty food, 11,000 maidens dancing, singing angels joining in the jubilation, and St. Cecilia and her kindred musicians—radiantly portrayed by soprano Rao Lan (“Her voice is phenomenal in size, nuances and coloration” Süddeutsche Post). Sharing the programme is the amazing 13-year-old Serena Wang in Mendelssohn’s bravura Piano Concerto no. 1. The concert is opened by an overture of dancing fairies and romantic lovers, all beautifully crafted in Mendelssohn’s dream of midsummer.
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Artists
Other Activities
Free Pre-concert Talk
| Time: | 26-5-2017 Fri 7:15pm-7:45pm 27-5-2017 Sat 7:15pm-7:45pm | ||
| Venue: | Fri: AC2, 4/F, Administration Building, HK Cultural Centre | ||
| Speaker: | Fri (English) Dr. Brian Thompson Senior Lecturer of the Department of Music at the Chinese University of Hong Kong | Sat (Cantonese) Mr. Dennis Wu Associate Marketing Director, Hong Kong Arts Festival | |
- Full-time students, citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities & CSSA recipients: 50% off (with quota, this discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers)
- Club Bravo members: 15% off
- Young Audience Scheme members: 55% off, accompanying adults – 10% off (max. 2 tickets per discount category)
- Staff of Swire Group: 15% off
- Chung Ying “Energy Fun Club plus” members, CCDC Dance Generation member, Friends of The Hong Kong Ballet, HKIFF Cine Fan, Friends of Hong Kong Dance Company and HKRep Pals: 10% off (max. 2 tickets)
- Fringe Club members: 10% off (max. 2 tickets)
- HKIFF Cine Fan Privileges (10% off, maximum 2 tickets)
- Group Booking (standard tickets only): 10% off 10-19 tickets, 20% off 20+ tickets
- No eating or drinking
- No photography, recording or filming
- Please turn off your mobile phone and other electronic devices
- Please keep noise to a minimum during the performance
- Please reserve your applause until the end of the entire work
