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Immediate Release January 7, 2004 The well-renowned conceptual and multifaceted composer / conductor Tan Dun is now in Hong Kong, preparing the concert Tan Dun & HKCO which is scheduled for the coming weekend. An Open Rehearsal is arranged at 11am today (January 7, 2004) at HKCO Rehearsal Room. During the open rehearsal, Tan Dun leads the HKCO to play Concerto for Improvisation. Befitting its improvisatory nature, the piece is created impromptu by Tan Dun and the HKCO after his arrival in Hong Kong. This interactive mode of ‘composing’ rather than traditional ‘rehearsing’ will be an exciting challenge for the HKCO members. Guest percussionist David Cossin, who has been working closely with Tan on the international concert stage, also performs for the concert. The specially designed gestures and motifs are used to bring Chinese folk instrumentalists and western Jazz artists into a musical dialogue. The whole work will be performed through the improvisation of the performers, a process in which the audience will also take part under the baton of Tan the conductor. It is also the first time for Tan Dun to “improvise” with such a big orchestra of 85 musicians. Another highlight in the concert will be Tan’s Oscar winning film score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. While the film music has been arranged by Tan himself into a concerto for huqin and symphony orchestra, on this occasion, the HKCO will be giving a world premiere of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for Chinese orchestra. The philharmonic section of the film music is arranged into a concerto for Chinese orchestra, while the erhu solo and percussion parts will be retained in their original form. The erhu and zhonghu section will be performed by Ma Xianghua, the young huqin artist and teacher in the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. Also on the concert programme are Three Fast Movements and Shadow of Sound. Three Fast Movements is made up of three excerpts from Tan’s allegro pieces of totally different character: the bowed string suite Shadow of Sky, and the plucked string suites Five Elements and The Northwest Suite. These three sections all differ from each other in terms of their musical characteristics, contrasts, and compositional techniques in the creation of sounds and melodies. The one element they have in common is that they are all festive and boisterous in mood. Shadow of Sound is a septet written for Japanese instruments. It will be played using Chinese musical instruments for the first time. The concert series Tan Dun & HKCO will be held on January 9 and 10, 2004 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall. Tickets are available at all URBTIX Outlets at $180, 150, 120 and 100. Half-price tickets are offered for senior citizens, people with disabilities and full-time students. Friends of HKCO and HKCC can enjoy a 25% and a 10% ticket discount respectively. Enquiries: 3185 1600; Booking Hotline: 2734 9009. Internet Booking: www.urbtix.gov.hk. HKCO website: www.hkco.org |
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