Spring is around the corner and guess who is already singing in the trees and dancing on the lake? In this heart-warming concert, hear how composers have tried to imitate the incredible songs and sounds of birds. Vivek Mahbubani joins the HK Phil to take us on a comedy adventure encountering all sorts of our feathered friends – chickens, cuckoos, swans, nightingales, goldfinches, and even magpies!

Narration in Cantonese and English. This concert runs an hour approximately, without an intermission.

[1]. TCHAIKOVSKY: “Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture”
[2]. DVOŘÁK: “Othello Overture”
and more

In this Shakespeare-themed family concert, you will enjoy music inspired by Romeo & Juliet, Othello, and more. Suitable for aged 3 and above.

Programme
TCHAIKOVSKYSerenade for Strings
Andy AKIHORicochet: Triple Concerto for Ping Pong, Percussion and Orchestra

Ping Pong + orchestral music = A LOT OF FUN! Get ready for Andy Akiho’s jaw-dropping Ricochet: Ping Pong Concerto, a high intensity tour de force for violin, percussion, and ping pong “virtuosos”. Beware though – don’t get hit by the Ping Pong balls across the hall!

CHAPLIN Gold Rush (Live music with images)

Remember our City Lights concerts? Charlie Chaplin is back! This time with his renowned film Gold Rush. Just like last time, the orchestra will play live to accompany this hilarious film in a one and a half hour show!

GROFE Mississippi Suite
COPLAND Appalachian Spring
BRUBECK Triple Concerto

A classically trained trio who are setting the world on fire – Time for Three. Meet the band with your kids and enjoy a unique blend of American heartland and world music. A marvellous way to spend Sunday afternoon!

Programme
PROKOFIEVPeter and the Wolf
SAINT-SAËNSCarnival of the Animals
BRITTENYoung Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Programme
TCHAIKOVSKY：Waltz from Swan Lake
BACH：Toccata and Fugue in D minor
BIZET：Carmen: Les Toreadors
and more

An abridged version of the Cirque de la Symphonie. Suitable for children of all ages and the whole family to enjoy together.

On Sunday, 8 April in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) is delighted to present an afternoon concert for all the family featuring great music associated with Great Britain. HK Phil’s Principal Guest Conductor Yu Long, the orchestra and violinist Ning Feng will introduce music from British composers Alun Hoddinott, Edward Elgar and Peter Maxwell Davies, as well as British-themed music from non-British composers including Percy Grainger and Max Bruch.

Welsh composer Alun Hoddinott, Badger in the Bag
Alun Hoddinott was one of Wales’s most important composers. Badger in the Bag is a short orchestral piece which depicts a story from the ancient book of Welsh legends, the Mabinogion. It is a work that is both playful and sinister, and reflects Hoddinott’s fascination with orchestral colour.

English composer Edward Elgar, Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1
The title comes from Shakespeare’s Othello, and the Pomp and Circumstance Marches are among Elgar’s best-known works. The march no. 1 was composed in 1901 and the premiere was a tremendous success. Elgar later used it in his Coronation Ode where he added the words “Land of Hope and Glory”.

Scottish resident composer Peter Maxwell Davies, An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
English-born composer Peter Maxwell Davies was Master of the Queen’s Music from 2004 to 2014 and was knighted in 1987. A long-term resident of the Orkney Islands off the Scottish coast, he composed An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise in 1984 as a musical portrayal of an actual wedding he attended on Hoy in Orkney.

Australian-born composer Percy Grainger, Irish Tune from County Derry
Percy Grainger was based in London between 1901 and 1914, and developed an interest in recording folk songs of the British Isles. One of the songs he found while visiting Northern Ireland was the famous Irish Tune from County Derry, which later became a hit song to the words “Danny Boy”.

German composer Max Bruch, Scottish Fantasy (3rd and 4th movements only)
Max Bruch is known today primarily for two works for violin and orchestra – his famous Violin Concerto and the Scottish Fantasy. Bruch found the tunes on which the Scottish Fantasy is based in a famous collection of traditional Scottish folk melodies arranged by the poet Robert Burns.

Gramophone magazine wrote of Ning Feng’s performance of Scottish Fantasy: “He’s in his element with the virtuoso high jinks of the Scherzo and finale, tossed off without turning a hair.” In this programme, our audience will hear this renowned violinist performing the 3rd and 4th movements of this popular work.