King's Harmonica Quintet's Concert   

Time: 26 Feb 2010  8:00pm
Venue: Concert Hall, HK City Hall
Price: Adult - $280, $220, $180, $140   Student - $110, $90, $70

About This Programme
King's Harmonica Quintet (KHQ) is a world leader of harmonica ensembles and a Hong Kong musical pride and joy. World Champion of the 1997 World Harmonica Championship, the Quintet has garnered countless prizes from international competitions.

Fearlessly advocating the vast potential of harmonica, King's Harmonica Quintet is a trailblazer in broadening the free reed's repertoire. Returning to HKAF after its debut a decade ago, the Quintet will play new compositions and arrangements with guqin master Tse Chun-yan and two young harmonica stars – Leo Ho, who won five championships in the 2008 Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival, and Wesley Wong, the Chromatic Solo (Open) Champion of the same Festival.

Taking the Silk Road as the starting point, the concert is a musical journey from Western China to Greece via Russia and the Middle East, ending in Buenos Aires swaying to Argentinian tango!

Programme

Angel Lam
Silk Road, Silk Road *#

Hui Cheung-wai
new work for harmonica quintet and guqin * (world premiere)

Chan Ngai-kin (arr)
Folk Songs from Xinjiang

Gronich/KHQ
HarmoniCadence

Glazunov/KHQ
String Quartet No 3, Quatuor Slave

Skalkotas/KHQ
Five Greek Dances

Piazzolla/Kwok Shing-cho
Oblivion, Fuga y Misterioso

Piazzolla/Li Cheong
Libertango, Invierno Porteño

* Commissioned by the Hong Kong Arts Festival with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
# World premiere of the third movement

Cast And Director
Ho Pak-cheong   treble harmonica
Kenneth Chan     treble harmonica
Lau Chun-bong   tenor harmonica
Rocky Lok           tenor harmonica
Johnny Kuan       bass harmonica

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