[1]. Panufnik: Lullaby (Asian première)
[2]. Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op 61
[3]. Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D, Op 73

Programme
Stravinsky
Concerto in E-flat, “Dumbarton Oaks”

Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No 2 in G minor, Op 63

Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op 64

Valeriy Sokolov (Violin)
First Prize, Best Performance & Enescu Foundation Prize, George Enescu International Competition 2005
Has performed with leading conductors & orchestras including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Andris Nelsons, David Zinman, Philharmonia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich, St Petersburg Philharmonic, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
His chamber music partners include Lisa Batiashvili and Gautier Capuçon

Programme
Haydn
L’Isola Disabitata Overture

Britten
Violin Concerto, Op 15

Haydn
Symphony No 96 in D, “The Miracle”

Britten
Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes, Op 33a

Programme
Chan Hing-yan
November Leonids – for Orchestra (world première)
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta in 2017 with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund

Korngold
Violin Concerto in D, Op 35

Pierre-Yves Macé
Glissement de Terrain (Orchestra Version – world première)
Co-commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta & Lumieres Hong Kong

Bernstein
West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

Programme
Jörg Widmann
Con Brio – Concert Overture for Orchestra (2013 version) (Asian première)

Brahms
Violin Concerto in D, Op 77

Schumann
Symphony No 2 in C, Op 61

Tseng Yu-chien (Violin)
★★★★ The Financial Times

“Exemplary!” Die Rheinpfalz

“Nothing short of brilliance.” South China Morning Post

“Triple standing ovation!” The Violin Channel

Winner of various competitions including
International Tchaikovsky Competition 2015
Singapore International Violin Competition 2015
Isang Yun Competition 2011
Pablo Sarasate International Violin Competition 2009

Christoph Poppen (Principal Guest Conductor)
“Christoph Poppen conducts with a flowing baton.” The Times

Principal Conductor, Cologne Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director, Marvão International Music Festival, Portugal
Music Director, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie (2007-2011)
Artistic Director, Munich Chamber Orchestra (1995-2006)

Jörg Widmann (Composer)
Leading composer and clarinettist whose compositions have won numerous awards and been performed by top orchestras and artists including the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Mariss Jansons, Simon Rattle, Christian Thielemann, Christian Gerhaher, Emmanuel Pahud, András Schiff, Christian Tetzlaff, etc
Composer residencies have includedDeutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Gewandhausorchestrer Leipzig, Cleveland Orchestra, Salzburg Festival, Lucerne Festival, Vienna Konzerthaus, etc

Programme
Isang Yun
Bara (1960)

Bernstein
Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) (1954)

Dvořák
Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95, “From the New World”

Hong Kong Sinfonietta begins its star-studded 2018/2019 season with a special concert tour with the 2018 Tongyeong Festival Orchestra* under the baton of the legendary Christoph Eschenbach. At the invitation of the Tongyeong International Music Festival, members of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta will join members of the TIMF Orchestra, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa and 7 other orchestras from Europe and Australia to form the Tongyeong Festival Orchestra and perform a total of 5 concerts in Korea, Japan and Hong Kong. The 78-year-old maestro will conduct 3 programmes through the “new worlds”, beginning with Dvořák’s New World Symphony at the end of the 19th century, through the works of Gershwin, Bernstein and Isang Yun in the 20th century, to the present day with Unsuk Chin and Wolfgang Rihm.

The concert in Hong Kong also celebrates the centenary of Leonard Bernstein with his Serenade, featuring none other than the visionary violinist Midori, whose 1986 performance of the work under the composer himself (Boston Symphony, Tanglewood) has since become a legend (the then 14-year-old prodigy had to change violin twice during the performance due to broken E-strings and played on perfectly)! The orchestra will also perform Isang Yun’s Bara – inspired by the Korean cymbal bara used in the Buddhist ceremony Parach’um, or the “Dance with the Cymbals”, and Dvořák’s New World Symphony.

*The 2018 Tongyeong Festival Orchestra consists of musicians from Hong Kong Sinfonietta、 Ensemble TIMF (Korea)、 Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa (Japan)、 NDR Sinfonieorchester, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz (Germany)、 Philharmonia Zürich, Sinfonieorchester St Gallen (Switzerland)、 Melbourne Symphony, Sydney Symphony (Australia)、 Kremerata Baltica (The Baltic States)、 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (United Kingdom)