This concert opens and closes with two ravishing Russian ballet scores which share a Parisian connection with the concerto composed by Chen Qigang. Studying in Paris, Chen finds that “the violin has perhaps the widest capacity to express human emotion” of all the instruments. His violin concerto La joie de la souffrance was premiered in Beijing in 2017, and Ning Feng will return to present its Hong Kong premiere with Yu Long.

[1]. Hong Kong Composers Theme and Variations (World premiere)
[2]. DE CURTIS: “Non ti scordar di me”
[3]. POULENC: Concerto for Two Pianos
[4]. BRAHMS: “Schicksalslied” (Song of Destiny

An all-Beethoven Programme
[1]. Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23
[2]. Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24, “Spring”
[3]. Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47, “Kreutzer”