Music Director Emeritus/Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
Violin/Concertmaster: James Cuddeford
Director: Stanley Ho
Programme
Bartók Romanian Folk Dances
Vivaldi The Four Seasons: Summer
Biber Battalia
Grieg Holberg Suite, Op 40
Performed / Recorded: 13 Jun 2020
First release: 22 Sept 2020 (Hong Kong; postponed from 28 Jul 2020 due to cinema closure owing to the pandemic)
Duration: 90 minutes
Language: English (Chinese, English subtitles)
Despite its spells of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall opened its doors for Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s ground-breaking project, “Back On Stage” – a musical tribute of joy, love and healing to the people of Hong Kong. This live-recorded concert made its Exclusive Première on ViuTV in July 2020, and a Special Extended Version of the concert is also landing on the silver screen in a ground-breaking collaboration with the MOViE MOViE Pacific Place and Cityplaza cinemas, providing an immersive concert experience like no other.
Led by Music Director Emeritus Yip Wing-sie and concertmaster James Cuddeford, “Back On Stage” features four uplifting works which represent the best of strings-only music spanning four centuries: from the eccentrically genius work by 17th-century Austrian composer Biber (Battalia), to one of the most known works in the Baroque repertoire (Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons: Summer), and two dance suites – one in neo-classical style by Norwegian composer Grieg (Holberg Suite), and the other from the Hungarian giant Bartók, depicting seven folk tunes from Romania (Romanian Folk Dances).
TRAILER
PAST Screenings
HONG KONG
MOViE MOViE Pacific Place
22.9.2020 (Tue) | 7:30pm*
13.10.2020 (Tue) | 7:30pm*
15.10.2020 (Thu) | 7:30pm*
26.10.2020 (Mon) | 4pm*
31.8.2021 (Tue) | 7:40pm*
MOViE MOViE Cityplaza
27.9.2020 (Sun) | 3:30pm*
25.10.2020 (Sun) | 3:15pm*
KOWLOON
BROADWAY CINEMATEQUE
4.9.2021 (Sat) | 5:10pm*
TAIWAN PREMIÈRE
2021 WEIWUYING TIFA CONTEMPORARY MUSIC PLATFORM (WEIWUYING, KAOHSIUNG)
23.4.2021 (Fri) | 7:30pm
*With post-screening sharing session:
– James Cuddeford (Concertmaster, Hong Kong Sinfonietta) [22 & 27/9 (2020); 31/8 (2021)]
– Yip Wing-sie (Music Director Emeritus, Hong Kong Sinfonietta) [22 & 27/9, 13 & 15/10, 25-26/10 (2020); 4/9 (2021)]
EXCLUSIVE PREMIÈRE
ViuTVsix Ch.96 4.7.2020 (Sat) | 11:15pm
ViuTV Ch.99 25.7.2020 (Sat) | 2:30pm
Hong Kong Sinfonietta YouTube Channel
Hong Kong Sinfonietta Facebook
Available from 5.7.2020 (Sun) 12pm to 13.7.2020 (Mon) 12pm only
Exclusive Sponsor
Featured Artists
 Yip Wing-sie (Music Director Emeritus/Conductor) |
James Cuddeford |