Two
Meaningful Events (updated on 24 June 2008)
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On 21 June 2008 (Saturday), we used
our music to support two meaningful events:
- Relieving
Orphan in Sichuan Earthquake at Citywalk, Tsuen Wan, about 2pm
- Lights
Out at Chater Garden, Central, 8pm
We delivered the premiere performance of Hui Cheung-wai's work
"May Consolation" in the Sichuan Earthquake relief. We
opened the performance in the Lights Out ceremony with "漁舟唱晚"
to depict life in Hong Kong before the advent of electricity. |
Radio
Programme with Robert Bonfiglio
(updated on 5 June 2008)
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Robert
Bonfiglio and we are invited to appear in the Radio Television
Hong Kong Television Programme "Belle Nuit (in Chinese: 弦外之音)"
on 23 May 2008 (Friday). We collaborated to play Cradle Song from
Gordon Jacob's "Five Pieces". Listen here
(2nd hour, 14:30).
Photo
album
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Beijing
2008 Olympic Torch Relay in Hong Kong Closing Ceremony (updated on
3 May 2008)
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| We have the honour to participate in the
closing ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympic torch relay in Hong Kong on
2 May 2008 (Friday) in the Golden Bauhinia Square. Dr. Mui Kwong-chiu
composed a piece "Song of the Mountain" for us specifically for
this occasion. He also made an arrangement of the song "Beijing
Olympic" written by Ng Kwok-king for Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra,
violinist Yao Jue and us.
Our performance can be viewed online: Song
of the Mountain (start at 10:38), Beijing
Olympic (start at 4:50).
Photo
album |
Performance
in Television Programme
(updated on 30 January 2008)
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We are featured in the Radio Television
Hong Kong Television Programme "Cultural Magazine (in Chinese: 4維賣藝)"
to be broadcast on 6 February 2008 (Wednesday) 7:00pm at Asia Television
Home Channel and RTHK
website. We perform Li Cheong's
Cappuccino in a café, a perfect setting for the performance!
Programme can be viewed online
afterwards.
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"Gifted"
- Radio Programme in Celebration of 10th Anniversary of HKSAR (updated on
3 July 2007)
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| "Gifted" is a series of radio
programmes produced by Radio Television Hong Kong Radio 4 to celebrate the
achievements of Hong Kong musicians in the past 10 years.
The programme on 19 July 2007 (Thursday) 8pm features harmonica
players, including our group, Hui King Lam, Mark Chan and Allan Ho. |
Dr.
P.C. Ho awarded Chief Executive's Commendation for Community Service
(updated on 3 July 2007)
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Our first treble harmonica player Dr.
P.C. Ho was awarded the Chief Executive's Commendation for Community
Service in the 2007 Honour List of the Hong Kong SAR Government.
Congratulations!
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Performing
Tour in Europe (updated on 7 February 2007)
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| Invited by the Hong Kong Economic and
Trade Office in Brussels, we will perform in 6 European cities from 12 to 20 February
2007, as part of the celebration programmes during Chinese New Year.
The schedule is:
12 Feb Brussels
13 Feb Milan
14 Feb Barcelona
15 Feb Rome
19 Feb The Hague
20 Feb Berlin
Each performance will feature music of Western and Chinese origin, as
well as new music composed for us by Hong Kong composers: Dr. Mui
Kwong-chiu, Hui Cheung-wai, Li Cheong, Angel Lam, and Lam Seen-yee.
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Musicarama
2006 (updated on
30 October 2006)
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We are honoured to be invited by the Hong Kong Composers' Guild to present a concert at the
2006 Musicarama
Festival.
The concert will be held at the Theatre, Hong Kong City Hall on 23 October 2006
(Monday) at 8:00pm.
Over the past 6 years, there were more
than 50 original harmonica compositions of over 450 minutes of performing
time created by Hong Kong composers. As one of the pioneers in
promoting and interpreting harmonica music that are being made in Hong
Kong, we are very much looking forward to this concert of special
significance.
Details of the concert can be found at this
website.
Delay broadcast of this concert is
scheduled on 28 October 2006 (Saturday) 8:00pm at RTHK
Radio 4. |
Workshop
on Writing for Harmonica (updated on 2
October 2006)
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| Mr. Hui Cheung-wai, one of the most
prolific composers of harmonica works in recent years, will be conducting a
workshop on writing for harmonica on 10 October 2006 (Tuesday) 8:00pm at the Tsuen Wan Town Hall.
This workshop is part of the project "Understanding
Composition and Contemporary Music" organized by the Hong
Kong Composer Guild. |
Harmonica
Trio on Radio (updated on
15 October 2006)
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The budding harmonica trio Hui King Lam,
Wong Chi Wing Wesley and So Lok Hang Tommy recorded a radio programme for RTHK
Radio 4 which was broadcast on 12 October 2006 (Thursday) 8:00pm and can
be heard online here.
Apart from trio, each of them played a solo piece as well. |
Venice
Biennale (updated on 2 October 2006)
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| The Hong
Kong Institute of Architects in collaboration of the Hong
Kong Arts Development Council will make its debut at the 10th
International Architecture Exhibition of Venice
Biennale. We are honoured to perform in the Opening Ceremony of
the Hong Kong
Exhibition in the evening of 7 September 2006 (Thursday).
Performing at the Opening Ceremony
With Giovanni Volini in front of an exhibit
Performing at the Reception Dinner
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RTHK
Radio 4 Artist-in-Residence (updated on 12 July 2006)
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| We have the great honour to be the
Artist-in-Residence for Radio Television Hong Kong Radio 4, and will be
featured in 2 programmes on 13 and 20 July 2006 (Thursday) at 8:00pm,
which would be repeated at 2:00pm on 20 and 27 July respectively.
The programme on 13 July is the recorded performance of two works:
The programme on 20 July is a live recital at RTHK Studio
One. We have the pleasure to collaborate with distinguished
musicians: Nancy Loo (piano), Tse Chun-yan (harmonica), Stephen Chau
(guitar), performing the following works:
For free admission tickets, please refer to the July issue of FM
Magazine or phone 2339 6425. The FM Magazine also contains an
interview of us.
The two programmes can be listened online here after the broadcast: 13
July, 20
July.
Interview
in Cantonese (40:55 - 49:15)
Interview
in English (3rd hour, 18:10 - 45:10)
Our performance of Borodin's Nocturne from String Quartet No.2 and
Dvorak's Finale of American Quartet can be heard in the beginning and end
of the interview respectively.
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Workshop
on Writing for Harmonica (updated on 9 July 2006)
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| Mr. Hui Cheung-wai will be conducting a
workshop on writing for harmonica on 10 October 2006 (Tuesday) 8pm at the
Tsuen Wan Town Hall. This workshop is part of the project "Understanding
Composition and Contemporary Music" organized by the Hong
Kong Composer Guild. |
RTHK
Radio 4 Programme Series
by Mark Chan (updated on 9 July 2006)
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| In the 4 weeks of July starting from 4
July at 7 - 8pm, Mark Chan is hosting the programme series "An die
Musik" in which he shares his favorite harmonica music around the
themes of travel, movie, reading, music. The programmes are
conducted in Cantonese. Online listening is available at these links
after the broadcast: 4
July, 11
July, 18
July, 25
July. |
Upcoming
Activities (updated on
4 June 2006)
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| 10 June 2006 (Saturday) 2:30pm, Hong Kong
Cultural Centre Foyer - performance of Hong Kong Harmonica Association
Harmonica Orchestra
4 July 2006 (Monday) 7:45pm, Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall - King's
College 80th Anniversary Concert
12 July 2006 (Wednesday) 7:00pm, Jireh Concert Hall, International
Christian Quality Music Secondary and
Primary School - concert featuring local composition for an international
seminar hosted by Hong Kong Institute of Education
5 August 2006 (Saturday), Taipei - Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival Chromatic
Fantasy Gala Concert
23 October 2006 (Monday), City Hall Theatre - Musicarama
2006 |
Top
Ten Music Highlights 2005 (updated on 27
January 2006)
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The achievement of the Hong Kong
delegation in the World Harmonica Festival has been selected as one of the
Top Ten Music Highlights 2005 organised by Radio 4 of Radio Television
Hong Kong and is ranked third in the voting, receiving 73.9% of the votes:
http://www.rthk.org.hk/special/musichighlights2005/
(in Chinese)
Listen to the Cantonese programme announcing the results:
http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/radio4/culturalvibe/20060123.html
(20:31 -28:18) |
World
Harmonica Festival 2005 Winners Concert (updated on
20 December 2005)
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The Hong Kong delegation has achieved 5 champions (two orchestra
categories, trio category, and two solo categories), 1 second prize, 1 third
prize in the World Harmonica Festival. The Hong Kong Harmonica
Association is pleased to present a winners concert on 21 January 2006 (Saturday) 7:45pm
at the Concert Hall of Hong Kong City Hall.
 For
details of this trip, please visit the Hong
Kong Harmonica Association website; especially recommended is the blog
that contains the journal and vast collection of photos of this trip,
including our performance
in the Chamber Concert. |
Shanghai
Harmonica Society 70th Anniversary (updated on
20 December 2005)
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Our members Ho Pak-cheong, Rocky Lok,
Johnny Kuan, together with our friend Tse Chun-yan attended the
celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Shanghai Harmonica Society on 26-27 November 2005 (Saturday-Sunday),
performing in concert and delivering a seminar. More details of this
event can be found in this website. |
World
Harmonica Festival 2005 (updated on 8
October 2005)
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We are invited to perform in the Chamber Concert on 5 November 2005
(Saturday) in the World
Harmonica Festival 2005 in Trossingen, Germany. We are part of the
54-person delegation of Hong Kong. Please visit the Hong
Kong Harmonica Association website for details and updates. |
Chinese
YMCA Harmonica Orchestra Concert (updated on
8 October 2005)
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29 October 2005 (Saturday) 8pm
Theatre, Hong Kong City Hall
More details here |
Guest
Performance in Concert of St. John's College Choir (updated on
8 October 2005)
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| 23 October 2005 (Sunday) 7:30pm
Theatre 303, Chong Yuet Ming Amenities Centre, University of Hong Kong
More details here |
Harmonica in Dance Drama (updated on 8
October 2005)
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| Tempo
of Hong Kong 香城若舞
14-16 October 2005 (Friday to Sunday)
Grand Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre |
Harmonica
Compositions by Hong Kong Composers (updated on
8 October 2005)
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The list of recent harmonica compositions (since 1999) by Hong Kong
composers is available at the Hong
Kong Harmonica Association website. The current count of
compositions is 46 (of which 21 were premiered by the King's Harmonica
Quintet), contributed by 10 composers, with the total duration exceeding 7
hours. |
Harmonica
and Guqin Duo Concert (updated on 4 June 2005)
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| Our first treble player Ho Pak-cheong will
partner with the guqin master Dr. Tse Chun-yan in a coming concert.
The audience will be delighted to hear the accomplished harmonica
performance of Dr. Tse.
The concert will be held on 4 July 2005 (Monday) 8pm at the Theatre of
Hong Kong City Hall.
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Hong
Kong Music Institute Annual Concert
(updated on 4 June 2005)
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| We are invited to perform in the annual
concert of Hong Kong Music Institute on 26 June 2005 (Sunday) 8pm at the
Concert Hall of Hong Kong City Hall.
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Chinese
Book on Hong Kong Harmonica History (updated on
4 June 2005)
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| Whether the current generation know it or
not, harmonica was a mainstream of the harmonica education in Hong
Kong. Harmonica is affordable, portable, and easy to learn. It
is also a very popular and touching musical instrument. In the
difficult era of 1950s and 1960s in Hong Kong, harmonica was the only
musical instrument for the ordinary people to get in touch with
music.
The book "Seventy Years of Hong Kong Harmonica" gives an
account of the development of harmonica in Hong Kong for the past 70
years. More than a dozen of interviews with well-known harmonica
players were conducted and documented, including pupils of masters
Leung Yat-chiu and Fung On, Mr. Ho Kit-fun and the King's Harmonica
Quintet. The book also carries articles written by harmonica players
and composers, about how they were attached to this lovable musical
instrument.
The author Mr. Johnny Chan is a Director of the Hong Kong Harmonica
Association and a veteran harmonica player and researcher. Not only
does he like to play harmonica, but he likes to collect harmonicas and
MAKE harmonicas as well. He is well versed with the history of
harmonica, especially with its history in Hong Kong.
Buy
online!!! |
5th
Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival 2004 in Hong Kong - Concert Recordings Online (updated on
4 June 2005)
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Asian
Folk Gala Concert
 | Performer: Chong Ah-kow
The Golden Phoenix (Gao Yang/ Qing Chen) [guzheng: Uriana]
Malaysian Folk Songs Medley
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| Performer: Chang Lei-ming
Spring Breeze (Taiwan Folk Song)
The Dance of Youth (Xingjiang Folk Song)
The Dragon's Descendants (Hou Dejian)
The Train Station (Taiwan Folk Song)
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| Performer: Fu Haojiu
Sending the Tiger Back to Its Mountain Hideout (Modern Peking Opera)
Song of the Shepherds (Zhang Zengliang / Wang Changping)
Rippling Brook (Yunnan Folk Song)
| Performer: Lee Hea-bong & Korea Harmonica Ensemble
El Bimbo (arr. Kim Jeoung Nam)
Kiss of Fire (arr. Kim Jeoung Nam)
Song of Sin Go Mountain (Korean Folk Song)
Thunder March (arr. Kim Jeoung Nam)
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| Performer: Chinese YMCA Harmonica Orchestra, conducted by Lee
Sheung-ching
Thunder in the Dry Sky (Ancient Chinese Tune)
Fisherman's Nocturne (Ancient Chinese Tune) [solo: Yeung Yuet-bor]
Dance of the Yao People (Liu Tieshan/ Mao Yuan)
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| Performer: Chew Chin-sik
Singapore River (Chew Chin-sik)
The Moon on Miao Mountain (Chew Chin-sik)
| Performer: He Jia-yi, Mary Wu (piano)
Nostalgia (Ma Sicong)
Shepherd's Flute (He Luting)
Sunshine on Tashkurgan (Chen Gang)
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| Performer: Juko Saito, Uriana (guzheng)
Jasmine (Taiwan Folk Song)
Sakura Variation (Juko Saito)
Otemoyan (Mutsuo Tsuruta)
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Jazz
and Blues 'K'night Concert
| Performer: Yushing Yoshida, Mutsuo Tsuruta (piano), Osamu Nitta (bass)
Whammer Jammer (Juke Joint Jimmy)
Moon Trips (Yushing Yoshida)
Georgia On My Mind (Carmichael)
Summertime / House of the Rising Sun (Gershwin/ American Folk Song)
| Performer: Brendan Power
| Performer: Jens Bunge, Uli Wagner (guitar)
On The River (Wagner)
Satin Doll (Duke Ellington)
Jazz Suite (Bunge)
| Performer: Claude Garden, Sylvain Gagnon / Anthony Fernandes / Ted Lo
(jazz band)
Autumn Leaves (Mercer)
The Girl form Ipanema (Jobim)
I Feel Good (Garden)
Work Song (Derley) |
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Classical
Delights Concert
| City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, conducted by Harmen Cnossen
| Performer: Yasuo Watani
Harmonica Concerto (Benjamin)
Malaguena (Lecuona)
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| Performer: Sigmund Groven
Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra 2nd & 3rd movements (Villa-Lobos)
Nordic Night (Groven)
Here, There and Everywhere (Lennon/McCartney)
Toledo, Spanish Fantasy for Harmonica and Orchestra (Moody)
| Performer: King's Harmonica Quintet
A Flow to Give (Clarence Mak)
Last Time We Met Larry Adler in Hong Kong [world premiere] (Hui Cheung-wai)
Rendezvous Paris (Hui Cheung-wai)
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| Performer: Franz Chmel
Intermezzo Giocoso (Wurthner)
Vocalise (Rachmaninov)
Harmonica Concerto No.1 (Spivakovsky)
Zigeunerweisen (Sarasate)
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Note: the recordings are kept online for one year and
thus will only be available until August 2005. |
5th
Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival 2004 in Hong Kong (updated on
14 March 2004)
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| The 5th Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival
2004 in Hong Kong to be held from 3 to 9 August 2004 (Tuesday to Monday)
is now open for application. Please visit the Festival website at http://www.hkharmonica.org/aphf2004
for full information of the Festival and any news and updates.
We will perform in the Classical Delights Concert on 7 August 2004
(Saturday) with the following programme:
- Hui Cheung-wai: Last Time We Met Larry Adler in Hong Kong (world
première)
- Hui Cheung-wai: Rendezvous Paris
- Clarence Mak: A Flow to Give
In the first two works, we will collaborate with the City
Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong. |
Ho
Kit Fun recital (updated on
14 March 2004)
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| 27 March 2004 (Saturday) 8:00pm
Theatre, Hong Kong City Hall
More details here |
Performance
with Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra - The Wonderful World of Reeds (updated
on 14 March 2004)
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We are honoured to perform
for the first time with Hong
Kong Chinese Orchestra on 12 & 13 March 2004 (Friday &
Saturday)
8pm at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall. The concerts
feature reed instruments which harmonica is one of them. We played two pieces
which are specially arranged for harmonica quintet and Chinese orchestra:
- Mui Kwong-chiu's Rhapsody of Color Clouds Chasing the Moon, arranged
by the composer himself
- Enesco's Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1, arranged by Chew Hee-chiat
The concerts are recorded by Radio Television Hong Kong and are
broadcast on Radio 4 on 19 March (Friday) 8pm and 26 March (Friday) 1:15pm
which can be listened online
afterwards. |
The
First Hong Kong Harmonica Festival - Top Ten Music Highlights
2003 (updated on 10 February 2004)
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| The First
Hong Kong Harmonica Festival is selected as one of the
Top Ten Music Highlights 2003 in Hong Kong. You can listen to
the recording of the award ceremony (in Cantonese) here
(start at 38:10). News about harmonica has been selected as Top Ten
for 4 consecutive years. |
Radio
Show (updated
on 18 January 2004)
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| 26 December 2003 (Friday)
Boxing Day, 10pm to midnight
Radio Television Hong
Kong Radio 4, "Belle Nuit 弦外之音",
hosted by Nancy Loo Performances included:
1st hour
9:55 Deck the Hall
41:30 Polovstian Dances (excerpt) by Borodin
46:35 Romance of Christmas Ball from We All Grew Up in Hong Kong - A
Kaleidoscopic Suite by Hui Cheung-Wai, with Nancy Loo on piano
2nd hour
18:30 Two Beatles songs - Yesterday and Hey Jude
48:25 Sleigh Ride by Anderson |
Fund-raising
Concert for Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society (updated
on 10 August 2003)
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| 8 September 2003 (Monday) 8pm
Theatre,
Hong Kong City Hall
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The First Hong Kong Harmonica Festival in October 2003 (updated
on 10 August 2003)
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The First Hong Kong Harmonica Festival
will be held in 4-5 October 2003 (Saturday and Sunday) in Hong Kong
Cultural Centre. There will be a variety of programmes: opening
concert featuring Robert Bonfiglio and Adler Trio, 9 categories of
competition, seminars, open stage performances, opening ceremony, and
closing ceremony. We will perform in the opening ceremony.
Tickets for the opening concert will be available from URBTIX starting
from 23 August 2003.
To enjoy the other programmes of the festival, please apply for a
festival pass. Application form can be downloaded from the website
of Hong Kong
Harmonica Association.
The deadline of application to competition has been extended to 8
September 2003. Competition regulations and application form can
also be downloaded from the above website. |
Radio
Programme Interview (updated
on 13 July 2003)
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We are the guests of the Radio
Television Hong Kong Radio 4 programme "Weekend Rendezvous" on
12 July 2003 (Saturday). In the one-hour
interview conducted in Cantonese (2nd clip), you can also listen to
our performance of the following works:
| Three Greek Dances, by Skalkottas (5:30) |
| Resonant Snapshots, Movements 1 and 5, by Hui Cheung-wai (19:30) |
| Rhapsody of Color Clouds Chasing the Moon, by Mui
Kwong-chiu (43:45) |
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CASH
25th Anniversary Music Rendezvous on 27 June (updated
on 21 June 2003)
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| In celebration of its 25th
Anniversary, Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Ltd. (CASH) has
invited talented musicians to perform 25
live music shows at the 2/F of the Times Square, Causeway Bay.
We will open the series with a 30-minute performance at 6:15pm on 27 June
2003 (Friday). |
Harmonica
Tops the Top Ten Music Highlights (updated
on 9 March 2003)
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| The news of Hong Kong delegation
winning record-breaking 6 gold prizes in Asia
Pacific Harmonica Festival received the highest number of votes
(70.9%) for Top
Ten Music Highlights 2002 in Hong Kong.
Please listen to the announcement here
(starting from 1:55 and more comments at 13:05 , in Cantonese). News about harmonica
has become one of the Top 10 in three consecutive years. |
Concert in Chinese University of Hong Kong (updated
on 9 March 2003)
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| We were invited by the Office
of the Arts Administrator and Music Department of the Chinese University
of Hong Kong to perform in the Lee
Hysan Concert Hall for the first time on 26 February 2003
(Wednesday) at 7:30pm. The Lee Hysan Concert Hall is considered the
best local venue for chamber music and we can confirm that after performing
there.
The programme:
| Mozart: Oboe Quartet K.370 |
| Clarence Mak: A Flow to Give, which was just world-premiered in
January in our 15th Anniversary Concert |
Our friends Jeff Sum, Andrew Cheung, Jean Ng
and Tommy So formed the group known as "Harmonicube" and
performed several trio pieces:
| Valsentino |
| Espana Cani |
| Harmonica Dixie |
| Galloping Comedian |
| Mexican Hat Dance |
| Kiss of Fire |
| Fiddler on the Roof |
We then joined hands and played Enesco's Rumanian Rhapsody No.1.
The last piece of the programme is the Quintet playing Li Huan-zhi's Spring Festival Overture, but we
were requested to play two encores: Gershwin's Summertime and Someone Who
Watch Over Me.
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Repertoire
Updated (updated
on 6 February 2003)
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| The Repertoire
section now contains a listing of the 19 works composed for King's
Harmonica Quintet and King's College Harmonica Band since 1999, together
with the introductory notes in English and Chinese. |
Television
Documentary on
Local Harmonica Community (updated
on 9 March 2003)
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| Television programme "Saturday
Report" (星期六檔案) broadcast on 1 February 2003 (Saturday)
7:00 - 7:30pm on TVB
Jade Channel is dedicated to the harmonica community in Hong Kong covering King's Harmonica Quintet.
Subscribers of now.com.hk
should not miss this valuable
documentary on local harmonica development. |
15th
Anniversary Concert (updated
on 31 January 2003)
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13 January 2003 (Monday) 8pm, City Hall Concert Hall
For more details, visit the LCSD
website.
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