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Bank of Communications brings to you:
12/13 Season Opening Concerts - YUNDI’s Tchaikovsky

7&8-9-2012
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
SHOSTAKOVICH
Festive Overture
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No.9
TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No.1
 
Vassily Sinaisky
conductor
Yundi
piano
 
Full House
Masterworks C
Eroica!

14&15-9-2012
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
FRANCK
The Accursed Hunter
SAINT-SAËNS
Piano Concerto No.2
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.3 Eroica
 
Antoni Wit
conductor
Ingrid Fliter
piano
 
Limited Tickets
Music for Smart Kids!

22&23-9-2012
Sat & Sun 4PM
Tuen Mun Town Hall Auditorium
SAINT-SAËNS
Carnival of the Animals
L MOZART
Toy Symphony
BRITTEN
Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
 
Perry So
conductor
Chu Fun E
narrator
Shirley Ip
piano
Christopher Sidenius
piano
 
Jaap Essentials
Welcome, Jaap! A National Day Celebration

28&29-9-2012
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
CONRAD TAO
Pangu
(World Première, HKPO Commission)
HE/CHEN
Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.7
 
Jaap van Zweden
conductor
Feng, Ning
violin
 
Full House
Masterworks B
Leningrad Symphony

19&20-10-2012
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
MOZART
Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat, K482
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No.7 Leningrad
 
Lawrence Renes
conductor
Melvyn Tan
piano
 
Holiday, Pops & More
Great Eagle Festive Series:
Harry’s Halloween

27-10-2012 Sat 4PM & 7:30PM
28-10-2012 Sun 4PM
Shatin Town Hall Auditorium
BERLIOZ
The Damnation of Faust: Rákóczi March
GOUNOD
Funeral March of a Marionette
SAINT-SAËNS
Danse Macabre
GRIEG
Peer Gynt Suite No.1: In the Hall of the Mountain King
MUSSORGSKY
Night on Bald Mountain
 
Darrell Ang
conductor
Harry Wong
presenter
Hoi Chiu
sand painting artist
 
I Love Mozart!

6-11-2012
Tue 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
MOZART
Magic Flute: Overture
MOZART
Clarinet Concerto in A, K622
TCHAIKOVSKY
Suite No.4 in G, Op.61 Mozartiana
MOZART
Symphony No.38 in D, K504 Prague
 
Perry So
conductor
Andrew Simon
basset clarinet
 
Swire Symphony Under The Stars

9-11-2012 Fri
7:30PM (Gate opens at 5:30PM)
The New Central Harbourfront

All tickets have been given out.
Thank you all for your support.
HANDEL (arr. H. Harty)
Water Music: Alla Hornpipe
MENDELSSOHN
The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Shéhérazade: The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship
TRAD. (arr. D. Lam)
Caprice on Flowery Spring River
SMETANA
Má vlast: Moldau
BERNSTEIN
Wonderful Town: Overture, Conga, and A Little Bit in Love
L. MOZART
Toy Symphony: Third movement
GERSHWIN
An American in Paris
ADAMS
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
 
Perry So
conductor
Fiona Hui
vocalist
 
2012/13 Keys to Music Teachers’ Seminars

16-11-2012
Fri 4:30pm-6:30pm
CR2, 7/F, Concert Hall Backstage, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
 
Charlotte Chiu
Lecturer
 
Masterworks B
Anne-Sophie Mutter in Mendelssohn

16&17-11-2012
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
JANÁČEK
Taras Bulba
SEBASTIAN CURRIER
Time Machines for violin and orchestra
MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto*
 
Michael Francis
conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter
violin
 
FULL HOUSE

Change of Programme
Pixar In Concert

21,22&23-11-2012
Wed, Thu & Fri 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
 
Nicholas Buc
conductor
 
FULL HOUSE
2012/13 Keys to Music Teachers’ Seminars

23-11-2012
Fri 4:30pm-6:30pm
CR2, 7/F, Concert Hall Backstage, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
 
Charlotte Chiu
Lecturer
 
Masterworks C
Bank of China (Hong Kong)
proudly sponsors: Lang Lang in Recital

24-11-2012
Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
MOZART
Sonata No.5 in G, K283
MOZART
Sonata No.4 in E flat, K282
MOZART
Sonata No.8 in A minor, K310
CHOPIN
4 Ballades
 
Lang Lang
piano
 
FULL HOUSE
Jaap Essentials
Van Zweden & A German Requiem

30-11 & 1-12-2012
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
BRAHMS
A German Requiem
 
Jaap van Zweden
conductor
Lyubov Petrova
soprano
Stephan Genz
baritone
West Australian Symphony Orchestra Chorus
chorus
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Chorus
chorus
 
Swire Classic Insights
Discover Mendelssohn

6-12-2012
Thu 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
 
Jaap van Zweden
conductor
Raff Wilson
Presenter
 
Jaap Essentials
Jaap’s Mendelssohn

7&8-12-2012
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
MENDELSSOHN
The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)
ELGAR
Sea Pictures
MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No.3 Scottish
 
Jaap van Zweden
conductor
Christianne Stotijn
mezzo-soprano
 
Jockey Club Keys to Music Education Programme 2012/13 Schools Concerts

11-12-2012 (P4 – S3)
Tue 12PM, 2:15PM
Tsuen Wan Town Hall Auditorium

12-12-2012 (P4 – S3)
Wed 12:00PM
Tsuen Wan Town Hall Auditorium

13-12-2012 (P4 – S3)
Thur 2:15PM
Sha Tin Town Hall Auditorium

18-12-2012 (Special Educational Needs)
Tue 10:15AM
Tuen Mun Town Hall Auditorium

19-12-2012 (P4 – S3)
Wed 10:15AM
Tuen Mun Town Hall Auditorium

COPLAND
Fanfare for the Common Man
MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
BRITTEN
Storm from Peter Grimes – Four Sea Interludes
FALLA
Love the Magician : Ritual Fire Dance
BORODIN
In the Steppes of Central Asia
 
Jimmy Chiang
conductor
 
Jockey Club Keys to Music Education Programme 2012/13 Schools Concerts

12-12-2012 (K1-P3)
Wed 10:15AM
Tsuen Wan Town Hall Auditorium

13-12-2012 (K1-P3)
Thu 10:15AM, 12PM
Sha Tin Town Hall Auditorium

18-12-2012 (K1-P3)
Tue 12PM, 2:15PM
Tuen Mun Town Hall Auditorium

BORODIN
In the Steppes of Central Asia
MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Wedding March
 
Jimmy Chiang
conductor
Homer Lee Siu-lam
presenter
 
Jockey Club Keys to Music Education Programme 2012/13 Schools Concerts

14-12-2012 (S4-S6)
Fri 2:15 PM
Sha Tin Town Hall Auditorium

19-12-2012 (S4-S6)
Wed 12:00 PM
Tuen Mun Town Hall Auditorium

MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night’s Dream : Overture
 
Jimmy Chiang
conductor
 
Holiday, Pops & More
Great Eagle Festive Series:
Harry's Christmas

23-12-2012 Sun 4PM & 7:45PM
24-12-2012 Mon 7:45PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
ARNOLD
Fantasy on Christmas Carols
BERNARD/SMITH
Winter Wonderland
ANDERSON
Sleigh Ride
ANDERSON
Sandpaper Ballet
HUMPERDINCK
Hansel and Gretel – Overture
COOTS/GILLESPIE
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
ANDERSON
A Christmas Festival
 
Jimmy Chiang
conductor
Harry Wong
presenter
 
Very limited tickets!
Holiday, Pops & More
The Macallan Bravo Series
A Viennese New Year

30&31-12-2012
Sun & Mon 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
STRAUSS II
Die Fledermaus (The Bat): Overture
STRAUSS II
Die Fledermaus (The Bat): Chacun à son Goût (Everyone to his taste)
STRAUSS II
Die Fledermaus (The Bat): Czardas
SUPPÉ
Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna
STOLZ
Der Favorit: Du sollst der Kaiser meiner Seele sein (You are the King of my heart)
LUMBYE
Copenhagen Railway Steam Gallop
LEHÁR
Giuditta: Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss (My lips kiss with such fire)
BRAHMS
Hungarian Dance No.5
STRAUSS II
Voices of Spring
KÀLMÀN
Gräfin Mariza: Höre ich Zigeunergeigen (I hear Gypsy violins)
STRAUSS II
Thunder and Lightning Polka
OFFENBACH
La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein: Ah! Que j'aime les Militaires (Ah! I love soldiers)
DVOŘÁK
Slavonic Dances, Op.46, No.3
OFFENBACH
Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle
STRAUSS II
The Blue Danube
 
David Angus
conductor
Lee Bisset
soprano
Aurhelia Varak
mezzo-soprano
 
Full House
Swire Maestro
Brahms One

4&5-1-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
BERLIOZ
Le Corsaire Overture
CHAUSSON
Poème
RAVEL
Tzigane
BRAHMS
Symphony No.1
 
Jun Märkl
conductor
Igor Yuzefovich
violin
 
Masterworks A
The King of Instruments

11&12-1-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
DUKAS
La Péri Fanfare
DUKAS
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
POULENC
Organ Concerto
SAINT-SAËNS
Symphony No.3 Organ
 
David Atherton
conductor
David Drury
organ
 
David Drury will replace the advertised Simon Preston, who has withdrawn due to health problem.
Holiday, Pops & More
Antarctic Journey

18&19-1-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
BAX
Tintagel
RAUTAVAARA
Cantus Arcticus
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No.7
Sinfonia Antartica
Performance with images and narration
 
David Atherton
conductor
Yuki Ip
soprano
The Hong Kong Children's Choir
chorus
Rebecca Lee
narrator (Cantonese)
Michael MacLeod
narrator (English)
 
Holiday, Pops & More
Classic Broadway

25&26-1-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
RODGERS/HAMMERSTEIN
The King and I Overture
RODGERS/HAMMERSTEIN
It’s a Grand Night for Singing (State Fair)

KERN/HAMMERSTEIN
All the Things You Are (Very Warm for May)

KERN/HAMMERSTEIN
Make Believe (Showboat)
KERN/HAMMERSTEIN
Ol’ Man River (Showboat)
RODGERS/HART
Falling In Love With Love (The Boys From Syracuse)

RODGERS/HAMMERSTEIN
Lonely Goatherd (The Sound of Music)

RODGERS/HAMMERSTEIN
Edelweiss (The Sound of Music)

RODGERS/HAMMERSTEIN
Carousel Waltz (Carousel)
RODGERS/HAMMERSTEIN
A Wonderful Guy (South Pacific)

RODGERS/HAMMERSTEIN
Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific)

RODGERS/HAMMERSTEIN
Shall We Dance (The King and I)

RODGERS/HAMMERSTEIN
Oh, What A Beautiful Morning (Oklahoma!)

RODGERS/HAMMERSTEIN
People Will Say We’re In Love (Oklahoma!)
 
Gerald Steichen
conductor
Lisa Vroman
soprano
Gary Mauer
tenor
William Michals
baritone
 
Jockey Club Keys to Music Education Programme 2012/13 Instrumental Masterclasses

26-1-2013 to 9-3-2013
Sat
CR2, 7/F, HK Cultural Centre Concert Hall Backstage
 
Dora Lam
Assistant Principal Cello
Aziz D. Barnard Luce
Principal Percussion
Andrew Simon
Principal Clarinet
Marc Gelfo
Horn
Fan Ting
Principal Second Violin
Jarod Vermette
Principal Trombone
Leung Kin-fung
First Associate Concertmaster
Megan Sterling
Principal Flute
Christopher Moyse
Assistant Principal Trumpet
Andrew Ling
Principal Viola
 
Holiday, Pops & More
Symphonic Dances

1&2-2-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
RAVEL
Valses nobles et sentimentales
TAN DUN
Concerto for Orchestra
RACHMANINOV
Symphonic Dances
 
Hugh Wolff
conductor
 
Jaap Essentials
Jaap and Benedetti

7&8-2-2013
Thu & Fri 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
WAGNER
Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I
TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto
BARTÓK
Concerto for Orchestra
 
Jaap van Zweden
conductor
Nicola Benedetti
violin
 
Swire Maestro
Jaap's Mahler One

15&16-2-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
MOZART
Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K467
MAHLER
Symphony No.1
 
Jaap van Zweden
conductor
Conrad Tao
piano
 
AFTER HOUR CLASSICS
String Quartet @ 7PM

19-2-2013
Tue 7:00PM
ArtisTree, TaiKoo Place
BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No.2 in G, Op.18
BRAHMS
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115
 
Igor Yuzefovich
violin
Anders Hui
violin
Andrew Ling
viola
Richard Bamping
cello
Andrew Simon
clarinet
 
AFTER HOUR CLASSICS
Wind Quintet @ 7PM

20-2-2013
Wed 7:00PM
ArtisTree, TaiKoo Place
MOZART
The Magic Flute: Overture
NIELSEN
Wind Quintet
RAVEL
Le Tombeau de Couperin
 
Megan Sterling
flute
Michael Wilson
oboe
John Schertle
clarinet
Benjamin Moermond
bassoon
Russell Bonifede
horn
 
AFTER HOUR CLASSICS
A Night at the Ballet @ 7PM

21-2-2013
Thu 7:00PM
ArtisTree, TaiKoo Place
RAMEAU (arr. Mottl)
Ballet Suite
DELIBES
Coppélia Suite No.1
STRAVINSKY
Pulcinella Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY
Excerpts from Swan Lake *
 
Barnaby Palmer
conductor
Yao, Zhang *
ballet dancer
Yao, Jin *
ballet dancer
 
AFTER HOUR CLASSICS
A Night at the Opera @ 7PM

22-2-2013
Fri 7:00PM
ArtisTree, TaiKoo Place
ROSSINI
La Gazza Ladra: Overture
MASCAGNI
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
VERDI
Aida: Triumphal March
GOUNOD
Roméo et Juliette: Je veux vivre #
BIZET
Carmen Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY
Eugene Onegin: Polonaise
GLINKA
Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture
 
Barnaby Palmer
conductor
Alison Lau #
soprano
 
AFTER HOURS CLASSICS Chamber Concert

28-2-2013
Thu 6:00PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Foyer
MOZART
The Magic Flute: Overture
NIELSEN
Wind Quintet
RAVEL
Le Tombeau de Couperin
 
Megan Sterling
Flute
Michael Wilson
Oboe
John Schertle
Clarinet
Benjamin Moermond
Bassoon
Russell Bonifede
Horn
 
Spring Together
Hong Kong Philharmonic Fundraising Concert

3-3-2013
Sun 4pm
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
 
Michael MacLeod
Raymond Wong

Siu Hoi Yan

Rightmind International Nursery & Kindergarten

Jonathan Yang

Michelle Liu

Y. S. Liu
Amanda Lee

Lam Pui-yee and Yung Pui-shan

Kinder U Suzuki Music Academy

Brandon Lin

Johnson Li

Jesse Choi

Jackson Choi

Wesley Fung and Charis Chan

Ilaria Chan

Phoebus Chan
MC
Anthony Bolton
Winnie Chiu

Gerard Salonga
Conductor
 
HK Phil Outreach Concerts
The Story of Peer Gynt

6-3-2013 Wed 3:30pm
Academic Community Hall, Hong Kong Baptist University

7-3-2013 Thu 11:10am
Multi-media Theatre, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity

8-3-2013 Fri 4:00pm
Chan Tak Tai Auditorium, Lingnan University

BEETHOVEN
Egmont: Overture
GRIEG
Excerpts from Peer Gynt
 
Peter Biloen
conductor
Margaret Yim
soprano
Santayana Li
presenter
 
A Side-by-Side Project: HK Phil and the Academy Symphony Orchestra

14-3-2013
Thu 8:00PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
MOZART
Symphony No.40
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5
 
Johannes Wildner
conductor
Academy Symphony Orchestra
 
The quota is full due to overwhelming response.
HK Phil Community Concert 2013
Petite Swans and HK Phil

16-03-2013
Sat 2:15PM, 4:00PM
Tsuen Wan Town Hall Auditorium
MOZART
Symphony No. 40 (First Movement)
TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake Suite
 
Johannes Wildner
conductor
 
An Orchestral Celebration of the Films of Leslie Cheung

19&20-3-2013
Tue & Wed 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
 
Gerard Salonga
conductor
Tong, Wu
sheng
 
Tickets going fast!
Holiday, Pops & More
Messiah

29&30-3-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
HANDEL
Messiah
 
Brett Weymark
conductor
Yuki Ip
soprano
Ma, Xiao
countertenor
Yong, Chen
tenor
Brian Montgomery
bass
Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus
chorus
 
Tickets going fast!
Swire Denim
Baroque @ 9PM

5&6-4-2013
Fri & Sat 9PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
BACH (arr. STOKOWSKI)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor
SHOSTAKOVICH
Prelude and Fugue No.2 in A minor
BACH (arr. SARGENT)
Orchestral Suite No.3: Air on a G String
PÄRT
Collage über Bach
BACH
Cello Suite No.5: Sarabande
BACH
Pièce d'Orgue, BWV572, Fantasia in G
BACH
Bourrée in E Minor
LENNON/McCARTNEY
Blackbird
DAVID LANG
These Broken Wings (commissioned by Eighth Blackbird)
GRAINGER
Blithe Bells
TCHAIKOVSKY
Rococo Variations
 
Julian Wachner
conductor/organ
Jian, Wang
cello
Francis Wan
guitar
Jennifer Palor
vocalist
 
Swire Sunday Family
Baroque for Family

7-4-2013
Sun 3PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
BACH (arr. STOKOWSKI)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor
BACH
Cello Suite No.5: Sarabande
BACH (arr. SARGENT)
Orchestral Suite No.3: Air on a G String
BACH
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Audience Participation)
PÄRT
Collage über Bach
BACH
Bourrée in E Minor
LENNON/McCARTNEY
Blackbird
DAVID LANG
These Broken Wings
GRAINGER
Blithe Bells
TCHAIKOVSKY
Rococo Variations
 
Julian Wachner
conductor
Jian, Wang
cello
Francis Wan
guitar
Jennifer Palor
vocalist
 
Masterworks B
The Magic of Mozart

12&13-4-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
MOZART
Idomeneo : Overture and Ballet Music
MOZART
Violin Concerto No.3 in G, K216
MOZART
Symphony No.39
 
Gérard Korsten
conductor
Esther Yoo
violin
 
Full House
Masterworks C
The Macallan Bravo Series
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto

19&20-4-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
R STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto
SCHUMANN
Symphony No.4
 
Andreas Delfs
conductor
Karen Gomyo
violin
 
Masterworks A
Isserlis plays Dvořák

26&27-4-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
SMETANA
The Bartered Bride
orchestral excerpts
DVOŘÁK
Cello Concerto in A, B10
BRAHMS
Symphony No.2
 
Jahja Ling
conductor
Steven Isserlis
cello
 
Choir Stall seats on Sat are available by popular demand!
Swire Denim
Jaap @ 9PM

3&4-5-2013
Fri & Sat 9PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
BRAHMS
Hungarian Dance No. 3
BRAHMS
Hungarian Dance no. 5
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony no. 5
 
Jaap van Zweden
conductor
 
Swire Denim
Jazz @ 9PM

17&18-5-2013
Fri & Sat 9PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
SCHIFRIN
Enter the Dragon
HERMAN
Hello, Dolly!
ELLINGTON
It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing
ELLINGTON
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
ALPERT
Tijuana Taxi
ALPERT
Spanish Flea
ELLINGTON
Mood Indigo
ELLINGTON
C Jam Blues
CARMICHAEL
Up a Lazy River
ELLINGTON
Take the A Train
ELLINGTON
El Gato
ELLINGTON
Satin Doll
SCHIFRIN
Mission Impossible
 
Benjamin Northey
conductor
James Morrison
trumpet
Sylvain Gagnon
double bass
Anthony Fernandes
drums
Eugene Pao
guitar
 
Post-concert Party
Swire Sunday Family
Jazz for Family

19-5-2013
Sun 3PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
BADULT
Pirates of the Caribbean
ELLINGTON
It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing
ELLINGTON
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
ALPERT
Tijuana Taxi
WINNER
Little Brown Jug (Audience Participation)
WILLIAMS
Raiders of the Lost Ark
ELLINGTON
C Jam Blues
ELLINGTON
Take the A Train
SCHIFRIN
Enter the Dragon
SCHIFRIN
Mission Impossible
 
Benjamin Northey
conductor
James Morrison
trumpet
Eugene Pao
guitar
Sylvain Gagnon
double bass
Anthony Fernandes
drums
 
Masterworks B
Ashkenazy Conducts

24&25-5-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
R STRAUSS
Don Juan
R STRAUSS
Four Last Songs
SIBELIUS
Symphony No.5
 
Vladimir Ashkenazy
conductor
Camilla Tilling
soprano
 
Swire Maestro
The Rite Centenary

31-5 & 1-6-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
MOZART
Symphony No.31 Paris
CHOPIN
Les Sylphides
STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring
 
Oleg Caetani
conductor
 
Masterworks B
Liszt Piano Concertos

7&8-6-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
BRITTEN
Sinfonia da Requiem
LISZT
Piano Concerto No.2
LISZT
Piano Concerto No.1
HAYDN
Symphony No.90 in C
 
Mark Wigglesworth
conductor
Stephen Hough
piano
 
Stephen Hough will sign autographs after the concert on 8 Jun.
Masterworks A
Mozart vs Salieri

14&15-6-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
SALIERI
Prima la musica e poi le parole
MOZART
Der Schauspieldirektor
 
David Stern
conductor
Sara Hershkowitz
soprano
Natalie Pérez
soprano
Chantal Santon
soprano
Yong, Chen
tenor
Virgile Ancely
bass-baritone
Pierrick Boisseau
baritone
Sin Chun Tung
Sin Chun Tung as Mr Eiler in Der Schauspieldirektor*
Pichead Amornsomboon
Pichead Amornsomboon as Mr Frank in Der Schauspieldirektor
 
Programme
Artists
Swire Classic Insights:
Discover Rachmaninov

20-06-2013
Thu 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No.1
 
Perry So
conductor
Michael MacLeod
presenter
 
Masterworks C
Trpčeski's Rachmaninov

21&22-6-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
RACHMANINOV
The Rock

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No.4
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No.1
 
Perry So
conductor
Simon Trpčeski
piano
 
Masterworks A
Miloš' Concierto de Aranjuez

28&29-6-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
VERDI
La Forza del Destino: Overture
RODRIGO
Concierto de Aranjuez
FALLA
Love the Magician
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Capriccio Espagnol
 
Joana Carneiro
conductor
Miloš Karadaglić
guitar
 
Holiday, Pops & More
The Planets

5&6-7-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
NIELSEN
Helios Overture
VIVIER
Orion
HOLST
The Planets Suite
*Performance with images
 
David Robertson
conductor
The Hong Kong Children's Choir
chorus
 
Programme
Artists
Masterworks A
Season Opening Gala: Emperor and New World

6&7-9-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
BRIGHT SHENG
Shanghai Overture
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto no. 5 Emperor
DVOŘÁK
Symphony no. 9 From the New World
 
Jaap van Zweden
conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
piano
 
Masterworks B
Petrushka

20&21-9-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
JOHN ESTACIO
Brio: Toccata and Fantasy for Orchestra
CHOPIN
Piano Concerto no. 1
STRAVINSKY
Petrushka (1911 version)
 
Jean-Marie Zeitouni
conductor
Louis Lortie
piano
 
Holiday, Pops & More
Trey Lee‧Nostalgia - A National Day Celebration

27&28-9-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
NIE ER
National Anthem of the People's Republic of China
LI HUANZHI
Spring Festival Overture
arr. BAO YUANKAI
Chinese Sights and Sounds: Song of Riddles, Dialogue on Flowers & Flowing Stream
TRAD. (arr. Dirk Brossé)
The Chinese Wall
LIU TIANHUA (arr. Yuan Zhi)
An Enchanted Evening
HUA YANJUN (arr. Wu Zuqiang)
Reflection of the Moon on Er-Lake
MAO YUAN & LIU TIESHAN
Yao Tribal Dance
WANG XILIN
Torch Festival
DVOŘÁK
Cello Concerto
 
Zhang Guoyong
conductor
Trey Lee
cello
 
Swire Maestro
Jaap's Beethoven 5

18&19-10-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
SCHUBERT
An Silvia, Greisengesang, Im Abendrot and Tränenregen
R STRAUSS
Traum durch die Dämmerung, Das Rosenband ,Freundliche Vision, Heimliche Aufforderung, Ruhe, meine Seele, Allerseelen and Morgen
BEETHOVEN
Symphony no. 5
 
Jaap van Zweden
conductor
Matthias Goerne
baritone
 
Lorin Maazel Fest
A Jockey Club Keys to Music Education Programme
Share the Stage! with Lorin Maazel and the HK Phil

 
 
Lorin Maazel Fest
The Ring Without Words

1&2-11-2013
Fri & Sat 7:45PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Foyer and Concert Hall
WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll
WAGNER (arr. Maazel)
The Ring Without Words
 
Lorin Maazel
conductor
 
Lorin Maazel Fest
War Requiem

7-11-2013
Thu 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
BRITTEN
War Requiem
 
Lorin Maazel
conductor
Nancy Gustafson
soprano
Andrew Kennedy
tenor
Christian Gerhaher
baritone
The Learners Chorus
Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus
The Hong Kong Children's Choir
 
Swire Denim
Gershwin Live!

15&16-11-2013
Fri & Sat 9PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
GERSHWIN
Rhapsody in Blue
 
David Charles Abell
conductor
George Gershwin
piano
 
Masterworks A
BOCHK Wealth Management proudly sponsors: HK Phil with Lang Lang

23-11-2013
Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
TCHAIKOVSKY
Francesca da Rimini
MOZART
Piano Concerto no. 17 in G
PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto no. 3 in C
 
Lang Lang
piano
Perry So
conductor
 
Masterworks B
Eastern Europe Postcards

4&5-12-2013
Wed & Thu 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
DVOŘÁK
The Noon Witch
LUTOSŁAWSKI
Cello Concerto
ARVO PÄRT
Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
BARTÓK
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
 
Martyn Brabbins
conductor
Paul Watkins
cello
 
Masterworks C
Jaap's Shostakovich 5

13&14-12-2013
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony no. 5
 
Jaap van Zweden
conductor
Ning Feng
violin
 
Masterworks A
Jaap's Mozart & Mahler

18&19-12-2013
Wed & Thu 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
MOZART
Double Piano Concerto
MAHLER
Symphony no. 4
 
Jaap van Zweden
conductor
The Jussen Brothers
piano
Chen Reiss
soprano
 
Holiday, Pops & More
Great Eagle 50th Anniversary proudly sponsors: Christmas Around the World

23&24-12-2013
Mon & Tue 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
 
Esther Pierweijer
vocalist
 
Holiday, Pops & More
The Macallan Bravo Series: New Year's Eve - Viennese Treats

30&31-12-2013
Mon & Tue 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
J STRAUSS II
Der Zigeunerbaron: Overture
JOSEF STRAUSS
Vorwärts! Schnellpolka
JOSEF STRAUSS
Geheime Anziehungskräfte (Dynamiden) Walzer
J STRAUSS II
Bauern Polka française
J STRAUSS II
Bei uns z’Haus Walzer
SUPPÉ
Leichte Kavallerie: Overture
WAGNER
Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III
J STRAUSS II
Wo die Citronen blüh'n! Walzer
J STRAUSS II
Opern-Maskenball Quadrille
J STRAUSS II
Gruss aus Öesterreich Polka mazurka
J STRAUSS II
Champagner Polka
EDUARD STRAUSS
Bahn frei! Polka schnell
J STRAUSS II
An der schönen, blauen Donau Walzer
 
Johannes Wildner
conductor
 
City Hall Series
HK Phil 40th Heritage Concert

10&11-1-2014
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
BEETHOVEN
Egmont Overture
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto no. 3
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony no. 5
 
David Atherton
conductor
Chen Sa
piano
 
Schumann Fest
Dialogue Evening

15-1-2013
Wed 7:30PM
Goethe-Institut, 14/F., Hong Kong Arts Centre, Wan Chai
 
 
Schumann Fest
Schumann 1 & 2

17&18-1-2014
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
SCHUMANN
Symphony no. 1 Spring
SCHUMANN
Cello Concerto
SCHUMANN
Symphony no. 2
 
Hans Graf
conductor
Li-Wei Qin
cello
 
Schumann Fest
Chamber Music Concert

22-1-2014
Wed 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
SCHUMANN
String Quartet, op. 41 no. 1
SCHUMANN
Piano Quintet, op. 44
 
Zhang Haochen
piano
 
Schumann Fest
Schumann 3 & 4

24&25-1-2014
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
SCHUMANN
Symphony no. 3 Rhenish
SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto
SCHUMANN
Symphony no. 4
 
Johannes Wildner
conductor
Zhang Haochen
piano
 
Schumann Fest
Lieder Recital

25-1-2014
Sat 3PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
 
Shen Yang
bass-baritone
 
Holiday, Pops & More
Warner Bros. presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II

28&29-1-2014
Tue & Wed 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
 
George Daugherty
conductor & creator
 
Masterworks C
Sumi Jo

7&8-2-2014
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
 
Sumi Jo
soprano
Jung-Ho Pak
conductor
 
City Hall Series
Jaap's Gran Partita

28&29-3-2014
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
SHOSTAKOVICH (orch. Barshai)
Chamber Symphony, op. 110a
MOZART
Serenade in B flat, K361, Gran Partita
 
Jaap van Zweden
conductor
 
Masterworks A
Ashkenazy and Gabetta Return

4&5-4-2014
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
ELGAR
In the South (Alassio)
ELGAR
Cello Concerto
MUSSORGSKY (orch. Ashkenazy)
Pictures at an Exhibition
 
Vladimir Ashkenazy
conductor
Sol Gabetta
cello
 
Masterworks B
St Matthew Passion

18&19-4-2014
Fri & Sat 7PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
BACH
St Matthew Passion
 
Jaap van Zweden
conductor
The Bach Choir (London)
The Hong Kong Children's Choir
 
Swire Maestro
Ohlsson plays Brahms

25&26-4-2014
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
MOZART
The Magic Flute: Overture
BEETHOVEN
Symphony no. 4
BRAHMS
Piano Concerto no. 2
 
Andrew Grams
conductor
Garrick Ohlsson
piano
 
Swire Denim
Charlie Chaplin - City Lights

2&3-5-2014
Fri & Sat 9PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
CHAPLIN
Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)
CHAPLIN
City Lights (1931)
 
Frank Strobel
conductor
Charlie Chaplin
As The Tramp
 
City Hall Series
The Young Mozart

9&10-5-2014
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
MOZART
Mitridate, re di Ponto: Overture
MOZART
Sinfonia Concertante, K364
MOZART
Divertimento
MOZART
Symphony no. 29 in A, K201
 
Christophe Rousset
conductor
Jing Wang
violin
Andrew Ling
viola
 
Swire Denim
The Eight Seasons

16&17-5-2014
Fri & Sat 9PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
VIVALDI
The Four Seasons
PIAZZOLLA
The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
 
Henning Kraggerud
director/violin
 
Masterworks C
Songs of the Auvergne

23&24-5-2014
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
MESSIAEN
Les offrandes oubliées
CANTELOUBE
Chants d'Auvergne
SIBELIUS
Symphony no. 2
 
Alexander Shelley
conductor
Clara Mouriz
mezzo-soprano
 
Masterworks B
Emanuel Ax plays Beethoven

30&31-5-2014
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto no. 4
RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet music)
 
Carlo Rizzi
conductor
Emanuel Ax
piano
Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus
 
Swire Maestro
American Monuments

6&7-6-2014
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
JOHN ADAMS
The Chairman Dances
IVES
Three Places In New England
BERNSTEIN
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
 
Case Scaglione
conductor
Yang Tianwa
violin
 
Masterworks A
HK Phil 40th Anniversary Gala – Symphonie Fantastique

13&14-6-2014
Fri 8PM & Sat 7PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
FUNG LAM
HK Phil new commission*
RACHMANINOV
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
BERLIOZ
Symphonie Fantastique
 
Jaap van Zweden
conductor
Boris Berezovsky
piano
 
Masterworks C
Romeo & Juliet

20&21-6-2014
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto no. 2
PROKOFIEV
Romeo and Juliet Suite
 
Yu Long
conductor
Patricia Kopatchinskaja
violin
 
Masterworks B
Orchestral Adventures

25&26-6-2014
Wed & Thu 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
SCHUBERT
Symphony no. 8 Unfinished
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto no. 1
BRAHMS (orch. Schoenberg)
Piano Quartet no. 1
 
Jun Märkl
conductor
Johnson Li
piano
 
Masterworks C
The Macallan Bravo Series: A Midsummer Night's Dream

4&5-7-2014
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
 
Nicholas McGegan
conductor
Ladies of The Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus
Tim Carroll
Director
Jenny Tiramani
designer