L’Exotique Thibaudet & Märkl Boléro
8&9-6-2012
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
For ages 6 and above
Venue Information
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
Opening performance is sponsored by
Programme
Ravel’s most famous composition, Boléro was premièred in 1928 and became an instant and sensational success. “A piece for orchestra without music”, its insistent side-drum rhythm stands as the most instantly recognizable musical pattern since Beethoven’s Fifth.
Beyond Ravel’s sounds of Spain, half-German/half-Japanese conductor, Jun Märkl, leads the HKPO into even more exotic places in the company of three more Frenchmen.
First, a rare chance to hear Debussy’s retelling of an ancient Egyptian legend about a girl who sacrificed herself through dancing, then, in partnership with Jean-Yves Thibaudet – hailed as “one of the best pianists in the world” – he retraces Saint-Saëns journey down the Nile in the colourful Egyptian Piano Concerto, complete with its distant echoes of Indo-China.
Beyond Ravel’s sounds of Spain, half-German/half-Japanese conductor, Jun Märkl, leads the HKPO into even more exotic places in the company of three more Frenchmen.
First, a rare chance to hear Debussy’s retelling of an ancient Egyptian legend about a girl who sacrificed herself through dancing, then, in partnership with Jean-Yves Thibaudet – hailed as “one of the best pianists in the world” – he retraces Saint-Saëns journey down the Nile in the colourful Egyptian Piano Concerto, complete with its distant echoes of Indo-China.
Artists
Other Activities
Free Pre-concert Talk
| Time: | 8/6 Fri 7:15pm - 7:45pm (English) 9/6 Sat 7:15pm - 7:45pm (Cantonese) | |
| Venue: | HK Cultural Centre Auditoria Building 4/F Foyer | |
| Speaker: | Fri (English) Synthia Ko Music Director & Chief Conductor, Guangxi Symphony Orchestra | Sat (Cantonese) Synthia Ko Music Director & Chief Conductor, Guangxi Symphony Orchestra |
- Club Bravo: 15% off
- Members of Young Audience Scheme: 55% off (Max. 2 tickets), 10% off for accompanying adults (Max. 2 tickets)
- Full-time Students, Citizens aged 60 or above, People with Disability and CSSA recipients: 50% off (With Quota, this discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers)
- Group discount: 10-19: 10% off, 20 or above: 20% off
- Staff of Swire Group: 15% off
- Members of music.org: 10% off
- Students of HK Polytechnic University, City University of HK, Lingnan University, Chinese University, HK Baptist University and University of HK: 55% off (Max. 2 tickets)
- Friends of Hong Kong Ballet, CCDC Dance Generation Premium Member, HK Rep Pals: 10% off (Max. 2 tickets)
Please switch off you mobile phone and any other beeping device before the concert.
Except with permission from the management, record, filming and photography are not allowed.
If the music contains more than one movement, kindly reserve your applause until the end of the entire work.
Except with permission from the management, record, filming and photography are not allowed.
If the music contains more than one movement, kindly reserve your applause until the end of the entire work.