Programme
Ivan Fedele
Arc-En-Ciel (2004)

Bach
Suite No 1 in G for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV1007

Jonathan Harvey
Pre-echo for Jean-Guihen (2003)

Bach
Suite No 2 in D minor for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV1008

György Kurtág
From Signs, Games and Messages:

Az Hit… (1998)

Pilinszky János: Gérard de Nerval (1986)

Shadows (1999)

Bach
Suite No 3 in C for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV1009

Jean-Guihen Queyras brings modern insights to the canonic masterpieces of Bach. Active in the contemporary music scene for over a decade, Queyras puts the music creation of today into a dialogue with the Baroque gems of the past. He created a project called “Six Suites, Six Echoes”, commissioning composers to write an echo to each of Bach’s Suites for Solo Cello. In the programme of this recital, three pairs of the works will be featured. The audience will experience Bach not only through his compositions from the past, but also the reinvention and reinterpretation of his works by the composers of our time.

The young French ensemble Quatuor Van Kuijk makes its Hong Kong debut with two 16th string quartets –by Beethoven and Mozart. Beethoven’s late style was utterly revolutionary – still is today – and Mozart’s famous Dissonance Quartet showed his innovative mettle too, while Poulenc offers the most lyrical of interludes in between.
Formed in 2012 and winners of the 2015 Wigmore Hall String Quartet Competition in London, Quatuor Van Kuijk (QVK) is considered as one of the most promising ensembles of the new generation with playing that is strong and characterful, adding a sense of fun that make each concert so vivid. In addition to being HSBC Laureates of the Académie du Festival d’Aix, the Quartet is one of the European Concert Hall Organisation’s Rising Stars. The Quartet will appear in Europe’s leading concert halls and is currently a BBC New Generation Artist (2015-17).
Despite its Dutch-sounding name (after founding first violinist Nicolas Van Kuijk), the Quartet is French, but has quickly forged an international profile while not neglecting the home market: the Quartet is laureates of both the Festival dʼAix-en-Provence and FNAPEC Ensembles’ Music Competition. QVK records exclusively for Alpha Classics: their first release was tonight’s Mozart programme.

Beethoven, String Quartet No.16, Op.135
Poulenc, 4 Melodies (arrangement Jean-Christophe Masson): C (Louis Aragon) FP122, Fleurs (Louise de Vilmorin), Les chemins de l’amour (Jean Anouilh) FP106, Extrait de Fiançailles pour rire FP101
Mozart, String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 “Dissonanzen”

Programme
Philippe Manoury
Instants Pluriels (Orchestra Version) – world première *

Ginastera
Harp Concerto, Op 25

Bartók
Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta

Programme
Charles Bochsa
Six Variations on Voi Che Sapete

Scarlatti
Sonata in A minor, K109

Scarlatti
Sonata in F-sharp minor, K25

Parish Alvars
Introduction & Variations on Bellini’s Norma, Op 36

Debussy
Clair de Lune

Fauré
Impromptu for Harp in D-flat, Op 86

Winner of the prestigious International Harp Contest in Israel in 2012, French harpist Anaïs Gaudemard has collaborated with such renowned orchestras and conductors as Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Leonard Slatkin and Emmanuel Krivine. Get upclose and join Gaudemard on stage in this recital featuring captivating works by Debussy, Fauré and more!

Programme
Schumann
Piano Quartet in E-flat, Op 47

Piano: Rémi Geniet
Violin: Cheung Man-yui Kitty*
Viola: Ringo Chan
Cello: Yip Chun-hei Eric

Dvořák
Piano Trio No 4 in E minor, Op 90, “Dumky”

Piano: Rémi Geniet
Violin: James Cuddeford
Cello: Chang Pei-chieh

*Guest performer

Prize-winning French pianist Rémi Geniet has collaborated with leading conductors and orchestras including Emmanuel Krivine, Edo de Waart, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Orchestre National d’Île-de-France and National Orchestra of Belgium. Come and join Geniet in this UpClose concert featuring chamber works by Schumann and Dvořák, and listen to him share his own musical encounters at a close distance.

According to the philosophers of the Ancient Greece, « thymos » means the breathing of the soul, the alliance between body and mind. Inspired by this concept, the musicians of the Thymos Quartet created this ensemble in 2001 to share intense moments of music with wide audiences. The Quartet was founded by four musicians who won Distinction Prizes at both the Paris and Lyon music conservatories and it aspired to have a large repertoire spanning from baroque to contemporary. The Quartet has been invited to perform in renowned festivals, such as Amboise, Prades, Montpellier and at varied concert halls include those of the Orsay Museum, the Sorbonne, the Mogador Theater, Favart and Pleyel.

A virtuoso program, from the baroque to tango, both touching and breathtaking, pairs the guitar and violin together, in the hands of two top young French artists. The combination of instruments may not be familiar, but it has been popular in times gone by. Indeed, the very first violin virtuoso, Nicolò Paganini composed a number of works for ‘chitarra’ and violin and the combination of plucked string and bowed string resonates across the centuries.

Maxime Zecchini is one of the most virtuous French pianists, winner of many prizes all over the world. He is the first French pianist to receive a degree from the prestigious “International Piano Academy of “Incontri col Maestro” of Imola (Italy)”. He was awarded in 2002 the Cziffra Foundation Prize and the Ragusa-Ibla competition (Sicily). In 2003, he won the First Prize by a unanimous decision at the international competition at Varenna-Lake Como (Italy). He has played in prestigious venues in Paris (Salle Gaveau, Théâtre du Châtelet, Salle Cortot, Théâtre Marigny…) as well as in numerous festivals and concerts in France and abroad.