Compiled from the Performing Arts programmes* and Visual Arts exhibition records from HKADC’s Arts Yearbooks and Annual Arts Survey projects dating from 2010.

400 years of Shakespearean Songs- Concert in Commemoration of the 4th Centenary of the death of William Shakespeare

Music

Event Detail Image
Art Genres / Sub-categories

Vocal Music

Location

Hong Kong City Hall, Theatre

Start Date

2016/02/19

End Date

2016/02/19

Art Genres / Sub-categories

Vocal Music

Location

Hong Kong City Hall, Theatre

Start Date

2016/02/19

End Date

2016/02/19

400 years of Shakespearean Songs- Concert in Commemoration of the 4th Centenary of the death of William Shakespeare

Description

Description

It has been estimated that there are more than 2000 songs set to Shakespeare’s poems or lyrics from his plays. The songs to be selected will date from Shakespeare’s own time, by such composers as Henry Purcell, John Ireland, down to Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten of the 20th century, interspersed with some European composers such as Schubert and Poulenc.

Organiser / Presenter Musica Viva
Mezzo Soprano:Carol Lin
Bass Baritone:Isaac Droscha
Tenor:Frankie Liu; Jasper Sung
Soprano:Alison Lau
Collaborative Pianists:Natalia Tokar; Alexander Wong
Composer:Henry Purcell; John Ireland; Vaughan Williams; Benjamin Britten; Schubert; Poulenc

Info

Lowest Price

$150

Highest Price

$220

Indoor / Outdoor

Indoor

Local / Non-local Production

Local

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