HK Phil × Tai Kwun: Chamber Music Series:
Celebrating Philip Glass & John Adams
1 MAR 2027 (Mon) 7:30pm
For ages 6 and above
Venue Information
JC Cube, Tai Kwun
Ticketing information to be announced
Co-presented by
Programme
GLASS
String Quartet no. 4, Buczak: movement II
GLASS
String Quartet no. 5: movement III
John ADAMS
John's Book of Alleged Dances: Pavane: She’s So Fine
Thomas Oboe LEE
Morango… Almost a Tango
BRYARS
It Never Rains, for electric guitar, viola, cello and double bass
RILEY
Dark Queen Mantra: Goya with Wings, for electric guitar and string quartet
REICH
Different Trains: Europe – During the War
PÄRT
Fratres, for string quartet
Experience a striking spectrum of contemporary music where rhythm, electricity, and memory collide. The programme journeys through the propulsive minimalism of Glass, the playful elegance of Adams, and the sultry, jazz-infused “almost” tango of Thomas Oboe Lee. Darkness and electricity then take over, as the electric guitar drives the brooding, reflective depths of Bryars and the soaring intensity of Riley. Reich’s Different Trains injects a sudden, urgent sense of memory in action, before the evening yields to the breathless simplicity and clarity of Pärt.
The concert runs approximately 1 hour 20 minutes without an intermission.
Artists
- No eating or drinking
- No photography, recording or filming
- Latecomers will only be admitted at suitable break
- 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
