“Sounds Great” concert
Enjoy classical music from the movies LIVE

Classical Music from the movies
Great classical music never fails to move – especially in the cinema! A clever choice of classical music in a movie can work magic in drawing audiences into the world of the characters on screen, whether during a scene of romance, tension, grief or hilarity. In this 5th installment of Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s Sounds Great movie music series, Artist Associate/ Conductor Jason Lai and the orchestra will play a selection of classical masterpieces used in movies. The programme includes Richard Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra: Introduction (2001: A Space Odyssey); Debussy’s Clair de Lune (Twilight); Mahler’s Symphony No 5: Adagietto (Death in Venice); Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries (Apocalypse Now) and more. The concert will also feature John Williams’ Star Wars & Theme from Schindler’s List. Not to be missed! (The concert will be presented in English)

The concert will be held on:
13 March 2010 (Sat) 8:00pm at Yuen Long Theatre Auditorium
Tickets: $160, $120, $80

14 March 2010 (Sun) 3:00pm at Tuen Mun Town Hall Auditorium
Tickets: $160, $120, $80

19 March 2010 (Fri) 8:00pm at Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
Tickets: $220, $150, $100

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Hong Kong Sinfonietta: Sounds Great
Artist Associate/ Conductor/ Presenter: Jason Lai

13 March 2010 (Sat) 8:00pm
Yuen Long Theatre Auditorium
Tickets: $160, $120, $80   

14 March 2010 (Sun) 3:00pm
Tuen Mun Town Hall Auditorium
Tickets: $160, $120, $80   

19 March 2010 (Fri) 8:00pm
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
Tickets: $220, $150, $100

Programme

Richard Strauss    Also sprach Zarathustra: Introduction
Debussy              Clair de Lune
Wagner               Ride of the Valkyries
Berlioz                 Symphonie Fantastique: Dreams of a Witch’s Sabbath
Mahler                 Symphony No 5: Adagietto
Mozart                 Symphony No 25: Allegro con brio
Khachaturian        Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

Also featuring Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance, John Williams’ Star Wars & Theme from Schindler’s List

Jason LAI    Artist Associate/ Conductor/ Presenter

Jason Lai is Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s Artist Associate for the 2009/2010 season. A cellist, pianist and composer by training, Jason Lai was Assistant Conductor to the BBC Philharmonic from 2002-2005 as the winner of the BBC Young Conductors Workshop. He has conducted such orchestras as the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic, and made his BBC Proms début with the BBC Philharmonic in 2003. Apart from conducting in Europe and Asia, he is also a broadcaster for the BBC and a keen educator. For more information, please visit www.jasonlai.co.uk.

Hong Kong Sinfonietta        Music Director: Yip Wing-sie

One of Hong Kong’s flagship orchestras, Hong Kong Sinfonietta was founded in 1990 with a mission to bring music closer to the community. In April 2002, eminent conductor Yip Wing-sie joined as the new Music Director, adding to the orchestra’s vision – “investing in a cultural tomorrow”. Today, Hong Kong Sinfonietta performs over 80 times a year and has collaborated with an illustrious array of international musicians and groups including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Plácido Domingo, Augustin Dumay, Fou Ts’ong, Christopher Hogwood, Luciano Pavarotti, Pinchas Zukerman, The Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Kirov Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet and Stuttgart Ballet.

Hailed as “one of the world’s great small orchestras”, Hong Kong Sinfonietta has been a regular guest at festivals at home and abroad. On tour, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta has performed at the Saint-Riquier Festival and Les Flâneries Musicales d’Été de Reims in France, festivals in Lithuania, Shanghai Spring International Music Festival and at the National Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw. Since 2006, the orchestra has been a regular guest at La Folle Journée in Tokyo, returning in 2007 and 2009. In 2009, it was invited to give concerts in Macao and also in Italy - at the Festival Pianistico Internazionale Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli in Bergamo and Brescia and Settimane Musicali al Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza.

Apart from standard orchestral repertoire, the orchestra ventures in crossover productions, new commissions and innovative audience development concerts for different age groups. The orchestra’s discography includes the “Master Chinese Composition Series” CDs on HUGO and This is Classical Music on DECCA. 

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Hong Kong Sinfonietta is the Venue Partner of the Hong Kong City Hall
Hong Kong Sinfonietta is financially supported by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative region
Hong Kong Sinfonietta reserves the right to change the programme and artists

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