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[18 October 2011 – Hong Kong] Everyone’s favourite outdoor symphonic concert, Swire Symphony under the Stars is here again! And this time under very cosmic circumstances. Perry So, together with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HKPO) and soprano Lindsay Russell, will take close to 15,000 audience members on an enchanting journey past the Moon, around the planets, through the stars and all the way back again. We will be on the lookout for aliens, a runaway horses or two, and the Queen of the Night is also due to dazzle in our concert. Don’t miss an unforgettable evening with the Hong Kong Philharmonic!

The very celestial concert will take place on 11 November 2011 (Friday), 7:30pm at the Happy Valley Racecourse Recreation Ground. Free Tickets will be distributed from 10 am on 28 Oct (Fri) at selected Tom Lee Music Stores or event website: suts.hkpo.com

Don’t Miss This Fantastical Programme!
Thanks to the generous and continued support of the Orchestra’s Principal Patron – Swire Symphony under the Stars is in its fifth year and is the most important public part of the Orchestra’s dedicated drive to open out the arts to the community.

Themed “2011 A Space Odyssey”, Swire Symphony under the Stars this year will bring to you a heavenly programme featuring classics that look to the heavens for inspirations, such as Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra: opening, Debussy’s Clair de lune, Holst’s The Planets and the widely popular Reflection of the Moon on Erquan by Hua Yanjun. Directed by Perry So, the young and talented HKPO Associate Conductor who just came off a successful National Day performance, the HKPO will be joined by the young American soprano Lindsay Russell. Lindsay will dazzle with her angelic vocals in the arias selected from Mozart’s widely-popular opera The Magic Flute and Haydn’s opera Il mondo della luna. And what better way to round out an enthralling evening than J Strauss II’s The Blue Danube!

Free Admission with Tickets!
The tickets, which are free and by registration only, are guaranteed to be the hottest in town. Based on experiences from the last four concerts, all tickets were claimed within a few hours of them being available to the public. So, act fast to get your free tickets early this year.

FREE Admission Tickets will be distributed from 10am on 28 October (Friday) by the following means:

   1. Complete the registration form and return to one of the NINE selected Tom Lee Music

Stores OR

   2. Register on Swire Symphony under the Stars’ official website: suts.hkpo.com

Each person may request two concert tickets. Tickets and quotas are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Enhance Your Listening Pleasures with the New SUTS 2011 iPhone App (Coming Soon)! And Join Us for a Large Outdoor Music-making Experience with Close to 15,000 Music Lovers!
Swire Symphony under the Stars creates a wonderful annual tradition of a free symphonic concert in the outdoors since 2006. What’s more? This year’s Swire Symphony under the Stars will offer a fun new element for engaging the audience for a more informative and enjoyable evening. Audience is invited to download our brand-new SUTS 2011 iPhone app which will provide an easy-to-read electronic house programme at your finger tips. In addition, you can easily transform your iPhone into a handy musical instrument to join the Orchestra in a large music-making session. The app is coming your way very soon! Please check on the Orchestra’s official website www.hkpo.com for the release date.

Non-iPhone users can access the notes on the programme from www.hkpo.com. Audience is also invited to bring their own DIY musical instruments to join the concert as well. For more tips on how to make your own instruments in a fun and environmental fashion and the latest concert details, please go on our YouTube page or follow us on Facebook.

Swire Symphony under the Stars – A Space Odyssey 2011
11 |11 | 2011
FRI 7:30 PM
Venue opens at 5:30pm
Happy Valley Racecourse Recreation Ground
FREE admission with tickets

Free Admission Tickets will be distributed from 10am, 28 October 2011 at
NINE selected Tom Lee Music Stores OR
Register Online at suts.hkpo.com

SUTS Tickets will be distributed at the following Tom Lee Music Stores:
G/F., 1-9 Cameron Lane, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon
Shop G02, G/F, Olympian City 3, No.1, Hoi Wang Road, Kowloon
Unit 2-20, Level 12, MegaBox, 38 Wang Chiu Road, Kowloon Bay
City Centre Building, 144-149 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
G/F-2/F East South Bldg., 29 Percival St, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Shop 410, Cityplaza 1, 1111 King's Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Shop 303, L3, HomeSquare, Grand Central Plaza, Shatin
Shop 3A, Level 1, Discovery Park Shopping Centre, Tsuen Wan, N.T.
Shop 49-51, 1/F., Tuen Mun Town Plaza Phase 2, Tuen Mun, N.T.

Principal Patron: SWIRE
Presented in association with: Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Major Sponsors: HSBC Insurance, Tom Lee Music
Media Partners: RTHK Television Division, RTHK Radio 4

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For programme enquiry, please call HKPO at
(852) 2721 2030

HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Edo de Waart
Artistic Director and Chief Conductor

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HKPO) is one of Asia’s leading orchestras. Enriching Hong Kong’s cultural life for over a century, the Orchestra has grown into a formidable ensemble of Chinese and international talents, attracting world-class artists to collaborate on its stage. HKPO annually touches the lives of over 200,000 music lovers through more than 150 performances including its extensive education programme HSBC Insurance Creative Notes and free concerts such as the popular Swire Symphony under the Stars, and regular broadcasts and telecasts. Outside of Hong Kong, the HKPO has made a number of critically acclaimed tours in Asia and Europe.

The 2011/12 season will mark Maestro Edo de Waart’s eighth and final season with the HKPO. Apart from his own series of five special programmes which are summaries of his achievements with the Orchestra over the last seven years, ending with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the new season will also attract a stellar cast of great artists and guest conductors.

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra is financially supported by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
SWIRE is the Principal Patron of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra is the Venue Partner of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre

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