47th Orchestral Season

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Daye Lin & the HKCO – The Yellow River Cantata

Date and Time
24-25/5/2024 (Fri, Sat) 8:00pm
Venue
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
Ticket Fee
$380, $300, $250, $200
Conductor
Daye Lin
Performed by
Organ: Wong Kin-yu
Baritone: Albert Lim
Tenor: Chen Chen, Freddie Tsang
Soprano: Yuki Ip
Recitation: Raymond Young Lap-moon
Chorus: Allegro Singers, Harmonic Singers, Hong Kong Oratorio Society, Hong Kong Police Choir, Hong Kong Senior Education Workers Association Choir, The Pro-Musica Society of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra Choir, The Spring Chorus (alphabetical order)
Renowned conductor Daye Lin is a winner of the 6th Sir Georg Solti International Conductors' Competition, and currently Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra. In his debut collaboration with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, he will be conducting the Orchestra and a joint chorus made up of choral groups from Hong Kong and Shenzhen in a programme of choral and orchestral masterpieces in Chinese music.
Programmes
Sound of the Yellow River Leaps Down from Heaven (from Impressions of Shanxi) Wang Danhong


Symphonic Suite Raise the Red Lantern (Excerpts) for Chinese orchestra, Peking Opera percussion instruments and female voice Zhao Jiping

The second movement: First Night
The third movement: Wife and Concubines
The fourth movement: Predestination
Chorus: Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra Choir

Symphony No. 8: This Boundless Land for Chorus, Organ and Chinese Orchestra Chan Wing Wah Lyrics by Sonia Ng
Organ: Wong Kin-yu

Mixed Chorus: Allegro Singers, Harmonic Singers, Hong Kong Oratorio Society, Hong Kong Police Choir, Hong Kong Senior Education Workers' Association Choir, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra Choir, Spring Chorus, The Pro-Musica Society of Hong Kong (alphabetical order)


Mixed Chorus The Yellow River Cantata Xian Xinghai Lyrics by Guang Weiran Arr. and orch. by Yan Huichang

1. Chorus Song of the Yellow River Boatmen
2. Baritone Solo Ode to the Yellow River
    Baritone: Albert Lim
3. Poem Set to Music The Water of the Yellow River Flows from the Sky
    Pipa: Zhang Ying
4. Chorus The Yellow River Ditty
5. Male Duet A Singing Dialogue by the Yellow River
    Tenor: Chen Chen, Freddie Tsang
6. Soprano Solo Lament of the Yellow River
    Soprano: Yuki Ip
7. Chorus Defend the Yellow River
8. Chorus Roar! Yellow River!
Recitation: Raymond Young Lap-moon

Mixed Chorus: Allegro Singers, Harmonic Singers, Hong Kong Oratorio Society, Hong Kong Police Choir, Hong Kong Senior Education Workers' Association Choir, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra Choir, Spring Chorus, The Pro-Musica Society of Hong Kong (alphabetical order)


The concert runs approximately 86 minutes with a 15-minutes intermission.

【Pre-Concert Talk】

Date:24/5/2024 (Fri)

Time:6:45-7:45pm

Location:Lobby, 4/F, Hong Kong Cultural Centre

Speaker: Prof Chan Wing-wah

Capacity:100 (First-come first serve)

Deadline: 17/5/2024

Registration: https://bit.ly/3TWD6uw

Free of charge


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