| Conductor | Clemens Schuldt |
| Cello | Jean-Guihen Queyras |
| Composer | Thomas Larcher |
Programme
| Ligeti | Concert Românesc |
| Haydn | Cello Concerto No 1 in C, Hob VIIb:1 |
| Thomas Larcher | Ouroboros for Violoncello & Chamber Orchestra (2015) (Asian première) Commissioned by Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, |
| Schubert | Symphony No 4 in C minor, D417, “Tragic” |
VIEW HOUSE PROGRAMME
Clemens Schuldt (Conductor)
- Principal Conductor, Munich Chamber Orchestra
Jean-Guihen Queyras (Cello)
- Has collaborated with leading orchestras and conductors including Gewandhausorchester, Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich, Orchestre de Paris and Philadelphia Orchestra; Iván Fischer, Philippe Herreweghe and Yannick Nézet-Séguin
- Has been the Artist-in-Residence of renowned concert halls and festivals including Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall and Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
- Has given world premières of works by Ivan Fedele, Gilbert Amy, Bruno Mantovani and Thomas Larcher, among others.
“Playing of extraordinary refinement.”
The Guardian
“Jean-Guihen Queyras takes the cello to new territory.”
The Telegraph
“Queyras’s instinctive musicianship and ravishingly beautiful tone are bewitching.”
BBC Review
“He invests the cello’s voice with human characteristics – it whispers, sobs, screams, laughs and sings.”
The Strad
“Queyras is always in command of what he does, and how he wants this elusive music to speak.”
The Guardian
- Held composer residencies at the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Mozarteum Orchester, Wigmore Hall, and many festivals including Davos, Heimbach, Risör, Mondsee and Bantry.
- Awardee of Austrian “Kunstpreis” for music (2015); the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Elise L. Stoeger Prize (2014/15); Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics’ Award)
- Founder of KLANGSPUREN Festival; Director of the Swarowski MUSIK IM RIESEN Festival
- Commissioned by the Lucerne Festival, London’s Southbank Centre, BBC Proms, Wigmore Hall, and the Zaterdagsmatinee in Amsterdam; compositions written for internationally renowned soloists and ensembles such as the London Sinfonietta, the Artemis Quartet, Heinrich Schiff, Matthias Goerne, Till Fellner, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Vienna and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, among others.
“His extraordinary, arresting, communicative music is one of this century’s wonders.”
The Times
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10 June 2017 (Saturday)
8pm
HK City Hall Concert Hall
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Ticketing Information:
20% discount for purchasing full-price tickets to both “Jean-Guihen Queyras Cello Recital” on 8 June & “Jean-Guihen Queyras & Hong Kong Sinfonietta” concert on 10 June 2017;
Half-price tickets available for full-time students, senior citizens, people with disabilities & Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients;
10% discount for group booking of 4 or more full-price tickets;
10% discount on full-price tickets for each purchase of 4 to 6 different Le French May performing arts programmes; 15% discount for 7 different performing arts programmes or more.
Patrons can enjoy only one of the above discounts for each purchase
| Duration: | Approximately 2 hours with a 15 min intermission |
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| Language: | Nil |
| Age Limit: | 6 (Person below this age not admitted) |
| Programme Enquiries: | 2836 3336 / info@hksinfonietta.org |
| Remarks: | Hong Kong Sinfonietta reserves the right to change the programme and artists |
