City Life
City Hall concerts to feature Yo-Yo Ma
January 16, 2012
Two concerts featuring cellist Yo-Yo Ma will be staged in March in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Hong Kong City Hall.The "Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and Yo-Yo Ma" concert will be staged on March 2, the day marking Hong Kong City Hall's 50th anniversary.
Ma will make a concerto appearance with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Lan Shui. The programme will feature Brahms' Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80, Yanov-Yanovsky's Night Music: Voices in the Leaves, Prokofiev's Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, 'Classical' and Schumann's Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129.
"The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma" concert will be staged on March 3. The programme will feature Silk Road Suite and the world premiere of Yanov-Yanovsky's Kasida for kamancheh and cello. There will also be works by prominent contemporary composers including Kalhor, Giovanni Sollima and Sandeep Das.
Both concerts will take place at 8pm in Hong Kong City Hall's concert hall. Tickets for both concerts will go on sale on January 19. Each buyer can purchase up to six tickets for the concert "Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra & Yo-Yo Ma" per transaction on the first counter booking day.
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