Hong Kong Arts Festival
18 Feb 2000 8:00pm
at Concert Hall, City Hall
25 Feb 2000 8:00pm
at Ballroom, Government House
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A Milestone in Harmonica History
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We are proud to announce our appearance in the most prestigious arts festival
in Hong Kong. We perform two concerts:
 | 18 February 2000 (Friday) 8pm, City Hall Concert Hall |
| 25 February 2000 (Friday) 8pm, Government House Ballroom |
It is our great honour to be in the same festival with the many world class
artists, presenting a total of 36 programmes and 133 performances, for an
audience of 112,000.
What makes this event even more significant and meaningful is the first-ever
compositions written specifically for a harmonica quintet. This is
definitely an affirmation of our vision in the development of harmonica
music. Here, we wish to express our sincere thanks to the organiser Hong
Kong Arts Festival Society Ltd who supports us strongly in making it happen,
thus setting a milestone in the history of harmonica.
The new compositions are composed by Hui Cheung-wai and Mui Kwong-chiu, with
some of these compositions featuring the collaboration of harmonica quintet
with some of the best partnering musical instruments: sheng (the ancestor of
harmonica), harp, piano and percussion.
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| Hui Cheung-wai |
We All Grew Up in Hong Kong - A Kaleidoscopic Suite (for harmonica
quintet, sheng, harp, piano and percussion)
Prelude
I. Kowloon-Canton Railway, 1963
II. Movie of our Childhood, 1969
III. Two Classic Comic Figures, 1974
IV. Spinning Marshmallow, 1976
V. Self-made Lantern for Mid-Autumn Festival, 1978
VI. Hill-side Wooden Houses on Fire, 1982
VII. Romance of Christmas Ball, 1985
VIII. Flying away from Kai-Tak Airport, 1987
IX. Old Schoolmates Reunion, 1990
Postlude
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The Scent of Poetry (for harmonica quintet and harp) |
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Moving Shapes (for harmonica quintet) |
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| Mui Kwong-chiu |
Color Clouds Suite (for harmonica quintet)
I. Over the Color Clouds
II. Red Haze
III. Snowflakes
IV. Voices of the Mountain
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Autumn Landscape Suite (for harmonica quintet, sheng, harp,
piano and percussion)
I. Red Leaves
II. The Woods After the Autumn Rain
III. Shades of the Mountain at Sunset
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Besides new compositions, we would also play our own transcriptions of
Gershwin (Lullaby, Bess You Is My Woman Now, Summertime, It Ain't Necessarily So, An American In Paris)
and Villa-lobos String Quartet No.1 (Government House concert only).
More detailed information about us and our programme can be found here:
| Fax-On-Demand
article (reprinted with permission of Hong Kong Arts Festival Society
Ltd)
Let's listen to the composers on what they think about their new
compositions.
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| A feature article appearing in the FestArt magazine "King's Harmonica
Quintet Blows Hot and Furious" (reprinted with permission of Hong Kong Arts Festival Society
Ltd and author of the article Kitty Ma)
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We wish to thank:
| Hong Kong Arts Festival Society Co. Ltd. and in particular, the following
members of the staff:
 | Kau Ng, Executive Director |
| Grace Lang, Programme Director |
| Linda Yip, Programme Coordinator |
| Katy Cheng, Marketing Manager |
| Monica Ling, Assistant Marketing Manager |
| Kitty Ma, Executive Editor |
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| Exxon and Esso Companies in Hong Kong |
| composers:
| Mui Kwong-chiu |
| Hui Cheung-wai |
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| guest performers:
| Loo Sze-wang, sheng |
| Ann Huang, harp |
| Peter Fan, piano |
| Margie Tong, percussion |
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and many other people involved in the making of these concerts, and last but the
least, the 1,600 of you who have attended one of these two concerts and
witnessed a milestone in the harmonica history.
Rehearsal at Government House.
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