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All-time Favourites by Joseph Koo
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Pre-Concert Talk (Free Admission)
Speaker : Dr Mui Kwong-chiu (Conducted in Cantonese)
19.12.2007 (Wed) 7:30pm
HKCO Rehearsal Hall
(7/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building,
345 Queen's Road Central)
Reservation : 3185 1670
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Artistic Concept: Mui Kwong-chui
* A Medley of Themes from Television Drama Series
includes themes from Fatal Irony, Red Flower Society,
Romantic Swordsman, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, Legend of the Condor Heroes and Luk Siu Fung
Compiled by Mui Kwong-chiu
* The Golden Oldies ¢¹
includes themes from Forgetting Ourselves,
Legend of the Heroic Knights and May You Remember
Arr. by Alfred Wong
* Joseph's New Arrangements
includes themes from Legend of Master So and The Understudy (Arrangement commissioned by the HKCO / premiere)
* Medley
includes themes from Guest, House Is Not A Home, Love in those Years, The Passenger, Wheel of Fortune, Hotel, Picking Stars
Arr. by Mui Kwong-chiu
* Allegro Suite
includes themes from The Giant, The Bund III, Dream, Tonight, Debt of Love, Move On, Over Mountains and Valleys
Arr. by Phoon Yew-tien
* Orchestra and Choir
includes themes from Sentimental Swordsman,
The Brave Chinese and Conflicts
Arr. by Chen Ning-chi
* The Golden Oldies II
includes themes from Love and Passion,
Capriccio and Heart on Fire
Arr. by Ng Cheuk-yin
Joseph's New Work
Song of the General' Rhapsody
(Commissioned by the HKCO / World Premiere)
Conductor: Joseph Koo
* Conductor: Yan Huichang
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3-5.1.2008
Time : 8:00 pm
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Venue :
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall |
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$1000, 500, 300, 100
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Yan Huichang
Conductor |
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¡§Meticulous execution with a charming stage presence¡¨
The Straits Times, Singapore
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¡§The group¡¦s charismatic conductor, Yan Huichang, directed the afternoon with sophisticated elan.¡¨
Bruce Hodges, MusicWeb International
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Joseph Koo
Special Guest Conductor |
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Joseph Koo is a legend in Canto-pop songs, having written more than 1,200 works that are popular perennial favourites in Chinese communities. Some of them are themes from television drama series, which have become household tunes in Hong Kong and Macao.
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Koo won a scholarship in the 1960's to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. After returning to Hong Kong, he worked as a composer for the film giants, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, before joining the Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Ltd.(HK TVB) as Music Director. His theme songs for TVB¡¦s drama series were such hits that they represented the genesis of Canto-pop, a genre that has grown from the first seed he sowed to the full-fledged form one sees today. Some of the most representative works of the times include themes from Fatal Irony, The Bund, Below the Lion Rock, The Romantic Swordsman, The House Is Not A Home, Conflicts, Love And Passion, etc., among many others. They are well-loved by the Hong Kong people as iconic songs sung in Cantonese.
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