Mixed bag from the Hong Kong Sinfonietta

Par Alan Yu, 21 août 2016

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“at times awe-inspiring and at other times tranquilising”

Critique faite à Hong Kong City Hall: Concert Hall, Hong Kong, le 20 août 2016

Messiaen, Les Offrandes oubliées

Mozart, Concerto pour basson en si bémol majeur, K191 (K186e)

Beethoven, Symphonie no. 3 en mi bémol majeur « Eroica », Op.55

Matthias Rácz, Basson

Ken Lam, Direction

Hong Kong Sinfonietta

Au Festival international de Marvão, le triomphe de la jeunesse

Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 30th July

Le week-end de clôture du festival portugais dirigé par Christoph Poppen a fait la part belle aux jeunes interprètes, avec des résultats particulièrement enthousiasmants.

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Le Sinfonietta Hong Kong en escale genevoise...

Thomas Muller, 4th October

Le Hong Kong Sinfonietta aura été plus Mendelssohnien que Mozartien, Paul Meyer aura brillé un peu solitaire, tel un diamant peu serti...

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Mischievous Pan at Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s French May

Christopher Halls, 30th May

French clarinettist Raphaël Sévère unearths beauty in Nielsen’s concerto and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta impress in two settings of Pan’s antics at the French May Festival.

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Cinematic Shostakovich and jazz-tinged Ravel in Hong Kong

Christopher Halls, 4th November

A memorable evening with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, who are joined by pianist Alexandre Tharaud for Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major.

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A tale of two pianists: the HK Sinfonietta at La Roque

David Karlin, 22nd July

Yip Wing-sie and the HK Sinfonietta show admirable qualities in their Beethoven cycle. François-Frédéric Guy plays a splendid Third Piano Concerto but Anne Queffélec is disconnected from the orchestra in the Fourth.

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Intrigue in outer space plus a pair of Russian favourites in Hong Kong

Christopher Halls, 9th March

The Hong Kong Sinfonietta intrigues with the world premiere of Lam Lai's There is no place like home (beta), impresses in Shostakovich’s brooding Chamber Symphony, while Pavel Kolesnikov proves a fine soloist in Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto.

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Alan Yu

The first concert Alan attended was Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde. For 7 years he presented classical music programmes for Radio Television Hong Kong, partly to pay his way through university. He attends concerts whenever he can and believes there is no substitute for the thrill of live performances. He writes here.

Hong Kong Sinfonietta in a mixed bag of Messiaen, Mozart and Beethoven