Award-winning artists from the National Theatre of China will collaborate with renowned reciter Zhang Jiasheng in two performances of "Listen to Love - Recitation of Poetry Classics" in January.

With live music accompaniment and elegant images on a well decorated stage, the performers will read or recite some of the best-known classics in poetry and prose, including Bing Xin's Paper Boats, Walt Whitman's O Captain! My Captain!, Yu Kwang-chung's Nostalgia, Shu Ting's Motherland, O My Dear Motherland, Xu Zhimo's Goodbye Again, Cambridge and Emily Bronte's Remembrance.

Also performing in the shows will be Tang Guoqiang, Kai Li, Qin Hailu, Wang Weiguo, Han Tongsheng, Zhuang Li, Chen Qiang, Zhou Ling, Zhang Jie and Shi Chunling.

The recitals will be in Putonghua with Chinese subtitles and English programme information. The shows will start at 7.30pm on January 10 and 3pm on January 11 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Grand Theatre.

Tickets are $100, $140 and $180 and are available at URBTIX outlets. Click here or call 2268 7323 for programme details. Ticketing enquiries and reservations can be made on 2734 9009, and credit-card telephone bookings on 2111 5999.

Tickets can also be booked online.