“A Soirée With Sheng” Hong Kong Youth Chinese Orchestra Annual Concert
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The Hong Kong Youth Chinese Orchestra (HKYCO) of the Music Office under the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will present its annual concert entitled “A Soirée with Sheng” in January. The programme will include a variety of Chinese music with additional contemporary elements.
Under the batons of Tsui Ying-fai and Kwok Kin-ming, the repertoire includes a joint performance of the symphonic poem “Peacock” accompanied by the sheng maestro Loo Sze-wang, as well as the “SIU2 Three Concertos” accompanied by three members from the ensemble SIU2, namely Ng Cheuk-yin (sheng), Cass Lam (sanxian) and Jason Lau (zheng).
Kuan Nai-chung’s “Peacock” consists of four movements, namely “Peacock Maidens”, “Peacock Maidens’ Dance”, “The Peacock in the Cage” and “The Peacock’s Wedding”, which are presented as symphonic poems inspired by Yunnan’s beautiful peacock maidens. “Old Restaurant (intro) – Old Drama”, one of the pieces of the “SIU2 Three Concertos”, seeks to imitate a traditional Chinese music ensemble in an old Chinese restaurant, which gradually leads into rock music before entering an adagio phase with the interaction of sheng and zheng instruments. The other two concertos are of different styles – “Window” is a quiet adagio while “Gliding” is a jumpy allegro.
The orchestra will also perform the finale from Wang Xilin’s “Yunnan Tone Poem”, the “Fire Torch Festival”, which depicts a joyful scene as ethnic Yunnan people celebrate their traditional fire torch festival. This Chinese orchestral version is arranged by Alfred Wong. Other pieces include Peng Xiuwen’s “The Moon is High”, which praises the beauty of the moon, and Wang Danhong’s “Harvest Dance on Strings” which celebrates the enthusiastic “Harvest Dance” of the people of northwest China. A beautiful transition of tone gives rise to a strong and vivid musical effect.
Repertoire：The Moon is High
Composer：Wang Danhong
Repertoire：Harvest Dance on Strings
Composer：Kuan Nai-chung
Repertoire：Symphonic Poem "Peacock" (Sheng and Orchestra)
Composer：Wang Xilin
Repertoire：Fire Torch Festival, from Yunnan Tone Poem (arr. Alfred Wong)
Composer：Ng Cheuk-yin
Repertoire：Old Restaurant (Intro) - Old Drama
Composer：Ng Cheuk-yin
Repertoire：Window
Composer：Ng Cheuk-yin
Repertoire：Gliding
Conductor：Tsui Ying-fai; Kwok Kin-ming
Sheng：Loo Sze-wang; Ng Cheuk-yin
Sanxian：Cass Lam
Zheng：Jason Lau
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Classical Music Yearbook 2015" published by International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong).
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