October 2008 S M T W T F S       01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31   03 Oct 2008 Trey Lee + HKPO: a China National Day celebration 04 Oct 2008 Trey Lee + HKPO: a China National Day celebration 18 Oct 2008 Slavonic Symphony and Russian Concerto (The Nodame Maestro) 19 Oct 2008 Slavonic Symphony and Russian Concerto (The Nodame Maestro) 24 Oct 2008 Bravo Broadway Rocks! 25 Oct 2008 Bravo Broadway Rocks!

Home > Concerts & Ticketing > Concerts       Programme Artists Price (HK$) Swire New Generation Slavonic Symphony and Russian Concerto (The Nodame Maestro) 18-10-2008 Sat 8PM 19-10-2008 Sun 3PM Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall Maestro Mácal has unfortunately withdrawn from the concerts owing to illness. We are grateful that young Japanese conductor Yasuo Shinozaki has agreed to step in for the performances at very short notice.   DVORAK Czech Suite: Polka RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.2 DVORAK Symphony No.7 Yasuo Shinozaki conductor John CHEN piano $280 $220 $160 $120 SoundFest Bravo Broadway Rocks! 24 & 25-10-2008 Fri & Sat 8PM Queen Elizabeth Stadium   A programme of highlights from Broadway hits including: The Wiz, Jekyll and Hyde, Hairspray, Movin’ Out, Dracula, The Lion King, Rent, Tommy, Wicked, Chess, Dreamgirls, Jesus Christ Superstar, Spamalot, Phantom of the Opera, Hair Gerald Steichen conductor Christiane Noll vocalist Capathia Jenkins vocalist Robert Evan vocalist Hugh Panaro vocalist $380 $280 $200 $160 SoundFest Exotic birds and sad songs 1-11-2008 Sat 8PM Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall   MESSIAEN Petites esquisses d’oiseaux MESSIAEN Oiseaux exotiques GORECKI Symphony No.3 – Symphony of Sorrowful Songs David Atherton conductor Joanna MacGregor piano $250 $200 $150 $100 Great Performers Yo-Yo Ma and the HKPO 9-11-2008 Sun 5PM Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall Very limited tickets available   RAVEL Alborada del gracioso PIAZZOLLA Bandoneón Concerto MÁRQUEZ Danzón No.2 Osvaldo GOLIJOV Azul Lan SHUI conductor Yo-Yo MA cello $1580 $1080 $680 $380 Great Performers Bel Canto - Sumi Jo in Hong Kong 15-11-2008 Sat 8PM Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall   GOUNOD Roméo et Juliette – Je veux vivre BELLINI I Capuleti e I Montecchi – Eccomi in lieta vesta VERDI Rigoletto – Caro nome MEYERBEER L’étoile du Nord – C’est bien l’air que chaque matin DONIZETTI La Fille du régiment – Il faut partir VERDI La traviata – E strano…Sempre libera Luciano Acocella conductor Sumi Jo soprano $880 $580 $380 $280 Simply Classic Peak Performance - a collaboration with the HKAPA 28 & 29-11-2008 Fri & Sat 8PM Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall   SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No.2 R STRAUSS: An Alpine Symphony Edo de Waart conductor Colleen LEE piano $280 $220 $160 $120 Swire Maestro De Waart’s Mahler Cycle: the Ninth 5 & 6-12-2008 Fri & Sat 8PM Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall   MAHLER Symphony No.9 Edo de Waart conductor $480 $380 $280 $180 Swire Maestro Stephen Hough plays Brahms 12 & 13-12-2008 Fri & Sat 8PM Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall   BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1 BACH orch. ELGAR Fantasia and Fugue in C minor BWV 537 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.6 Mark Elder conductor Stephen Hough piano $380 $280 $200 $150 Specials Young Musician of the Year 2008 16-12-2008 Tue 8PM Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall   ZHANG Guoyong conductor Young Musician of the Year 2008 piano $250 $200 $150 $100 Specials A Prelude to the 2009 HKPO China Tour 7-1-2009 Wed 8PM Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall Available from 01/11/2008   BEETHOVEN Coriolan: overture BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.3 MAHLER Symphony No.5 Edo de Waart conductor Chen Sa piano $250 $200 $150 $100 Swire Maestro A Viennese Odyssey with David Zinman 23 & 24-1-2009 Fri & Sat 8PM Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall Available from 15/11/2008   WEBERN Passacaglia MAHLER Symphony No.10 - adagio R STRAUSS Thus spake Zarathustra David Zinman conductor $300 $250 $200 $150 SoundFest Bravo! China 30 & 31-1-2009 Fri & Sat 8PM Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall Available from 01/12/2008   LI Huan Zhi Spring Festival Overture ZHOU Chenglong Boat Trackers of the Yellow River (guanzi) XU Zhenmin Nighttime Drifting near Maple Bridge Trad Hundred Birds Saluting the Phoenix (suona) CHEN Peixun High Spirits Riding High on the Waves WANG Luobin In That Distant Place (tenor) MEILIQIGE The Never-setting Sun Rising above the Prairie (tenor) WANG Shiguang Song of the Yangtze River (tenor) En SHAO conductor GUO Yazhi suona/guanzi WEI Song tenor $280 $220 $160 $120 Swire New Generation The Lio brothers 8-2-2009 Sun 3PM Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall   RESPIGHI Gli uccelli (The Birds) SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.4 Edo de Waart conductor LIO Kuok-Wai piano LIO Kuok-Man piano $280 $220 $160 $120 SoundFest Poetic songs and playful words 13 & 14-3-2009 Fri & Sat 8PM Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall Available from 01/01/2009   BRITTEN Sinfonia da requiem BRITTEN Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings WALTON Façade, an entertainment David Atherton conductor Mark Vines horn Timothy Robinson tenor & speaker Ann Murray speaker $300 $250 $200 $150 Great Performers The Labèque Sisters 20 & 21-3-2009 Fri & Sat 8PM Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall Available from 15/01/2009   BERLIOZ Le Corsaire: overture POULENC Concerto for two pianos DEBUSSY En blanc et noir FRANCK Symphony in D minor David Atherton conductor Katia Labèque piano Marielle Labèque piano $580 $440 $280 $180 Swire Maestro David Atherton + Lynn Harrell 27 & 28-3-2009 Fri & Sat 8PM Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall Available from 01/02/2009   GRIEG Peer Gynt: Suite No.1 SIBELIUS Symphony No.7 MUSSORGSKY Khovantschina: prelude SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No.1 David Atherton conductor Lynn Harrell cello $380 $280 $200 $150 Mozart in the City Sinfonia Concertante 10 & 11-4-2009 Fri & Sat 8PM HK City Hall Concert Hall Available from 15/02/2009   BACH Brandenburg Concerto No.3 MOZART Sinfonia concertante K.364 MEALE Cantilena pacifica BARTÓK Divertimento John Harding director/violin $280 $220 $160 $120 Swire Maestro Julian Rachlin – unparalleled mastery 17 & 18-4-2009 Fri & Sat 8PM Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall Available from 15/02/2009   PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No.2 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.3 Polish Arild Remmereit conductor Julian Rachlin violin $380 $280 $200 $150 Specials Truls Mørk plays Dvorak 24 & 25-4-2009 Fri & Sat 8PM HK City Hall Concert Hall Available from 15/02/2009   BRAHMS Tragic Overture BRAHMS Symphony No.3 DVORAK Cello Concerto Edo de Waart conductor Truls Mørk cello $300 $250 $200 $150