Story Time
20&21-1-2012
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
Programme
Everyone likes a good fairy tale. In this concert two collections are told in music. Legend has it that Maurice Ravel preferred to disappear from grown-up dinner parties, to be found later playing with children’s toys in the nursery. He channelled all his child-like wonder into his Mother Goose Suite, a collection of the best children’s tales, re-told in music.
Rimsky-Korsakov did the same for the Tales of the Arabian Nights, to compose Scheherazade. The beautiful and crafty princess of the title tells one beguiling tale after another to charm a cruel sultan – we guarantee you’ll be charmed as well.
“I was a rascal,” says Hong Xu, “Sometimes I would watch television at the same time as I practised and I would get a terrible pain in my neck from craning to see the screen. But my father soon caught on… he would come home and feel the top of the set to see if it was still warm!” Hong Xu has fashioned a glittering career for himself, and joins us to perform Mozart’s refreshing Jeunehomme concerto – in which Mozart’s fully-formed genius takes flight.
“Mr Xu was revealed as a technically brilliant, insightful musician of seemingly limitless potential.”The New York Times
Rimsky-Korsakov did the same for the Tales of the Arabian Nights, to compose Scheherazade. The beautiful and crafty princess of the title tells one beguiling tale after another to charm a cruel sultan – we guarantee you’ll be charmed as well.
“I was a rascal,” says Hong Xu, “Sometimes I would watch television at the same time as I practised and I would get a terrible pain in my neck from craning to see the screen. But my father soon caught on… he would come home and feel the top of the set to see if it was still warm!” Hong Xu has fashioned a glittering career for himself, and joins us to perform Mozart’s refreshing Jeunehomme concerto – in which Mozart’s fully-formed genius takes flight.
“Mr Xu was revealed as a technically brilliant, insightful musician of seemingly limitless potential.”The New York Times
Artists
Other Activities
What memories do you have of your early musical experiences? Perhaps you still have the violin you were given for your fifth birthday. Or, perhaps, you remember your inspiring music teacher at school. Maybe, you have kept the programme or tickets from your first live concert. Whatever there is, take out your camera and capture these priceless musical memories!
Enter this photography contest for the chance to have your works exhibited in the foyer of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall during the concerts on 20&21 Jan! You may:
(1) email the photo and the application form to marketing@hkpo.com or
(2) post the application form and photo to "My Musical Story Photography Contest", The Hong Kong Philharmonic Society Ltd, Level 8, Administration Building, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
The winner of the Best Photo, 1st runner up and 2nd runner up will be selected from each of the categories; Open (ages 16 or above) and Junior (ages 6 to 15). Ten Outstanding Awards will also be presented, and every winner will receive a certificate. The results will be announced on our Facebook on 13 Jan.
Free Pre-concert Talk
| Time: | 20/1 Fri 7:15pm - 7:45pm (English) 21/1 Sat 7:15pm - 7:45pm (Cantonese) | |
| Venue: | HK Cultural Centre Auditoria Building 4/F Foyer | |
| Speaker: | Fri (English) Jerome Hoberman conductor | Sat (Cantonese) Savio Lau Music Editor, "HiFi Review" Monthly |
- 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.