Event listing: Great Performers: L'Exotique | Hong Kong Cultural Centre: Concert Hall | Sat 9 Jun 2012 at 20:00

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Hong Kong Cultural Centre: Concert Hall10 Salisbury Road Tsim Sha Tsui Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

Dates/times in Hong Kong time zone

Programme

Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)	Khamma
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)	Piano Concerto no. 5 in F major, "Egyptian," Op.103
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Rapsodie espagnole
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Boléro

Performers

Jun Märkl	Conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet	Piano
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

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The Hong Kong Philharmonic delights with Debussy, Saint-Saëns and Ravel

Alan Yu, 9th June

“Cultural melting-pot” is a term so often used to describe Hong Kong that it has become a cliché. On Saturday, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra provided a living example of how the city relishes a mixture of cultural influences in a programme of works by French composers incorporating clear foreign influences, predominantly from Spain.

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