Monthly Archives: January 2018

Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival

Viennese Interlude
At Hong Kong City Hall

  • TELEMANN Four Concerti for Four Violins, TWV 40:201–204
    · Lin Cho-Liang 林昭亮, Alexander Pavlovsky, Sergei Bresler, Kyoko Takezawa, violins
  • MOZART Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285
    · Patrick Gallois, flute
    · Lin Cho-Liang, violin
    · Richard O’Neill, viola
    · Isang Enders, cello
  • BRAHMS Clarinet Trio, Op. 114
    · Pierre Génisson, clarinet
    · Isang Enders, cello
    · Wu Qian, piano
  • SCHUBERT String Quintet in C Major, D. 956
    · Jerusalem Quartet
    · Qin Li-Wei 秦立巍, cello

这是我第一次观赏香港国际室内乐音乐节。是看到耶路撒冷四重奏的广告牌才知道的。如果不是和指环撞车的话,我可能会多看一些。

这次还顺便卡打了林昭亮和秦立巍。林昭亮是名家,不必多介绍。他拉琴有儒者风范,音色温暖。秦立巍是我刚开始接触古典乐是听到的一位大提琴家,他的柯达伊奏鸣曲录音曾令我震撼。此外还有开幕音乐会的 Emmanuel Ceysson。他是 MetOpera 的首席竖琴,但显然我没对他的样子有过关注。他飞过来的时候没有打包礼服的裤子,所以是穿牛仔裤上场的(ifc 就在 10 分钟步行范围内,不能买一条吗)。

这两场音乐会水准很高。我听到了一些没听过的作品,也对另一些熟悉的作品有了新的认识。尤其是舒伯特的五重奏,我这次是真真切切地感受到了它最后两个乐章中的舞曲元素。五十多分钟,很短就过去了。

Götterdämmerung

Jaap van Zweden conducts Hong Kong Philharmonic at Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall in Concert

  • Sarah Castle: 1st Norn
  • Stephanie Houtzeel: 2nd Norn
  • Jenufa Gleich: 3rd Norn
  • Gun-Brit Barkmin: Brünnhilde
  • Daniel Brenna: Siegfried
  • Shenyang 沈洋: Gunther
  • Eric Halfvarson: Hagen
  • Amanda Majeski: Gutrune
  • Michelle DeYoung: Waltraute
  • Peter Kálmán: Alberich
  • Eri Nakamura: Woglinde
  • Aurhelia Varak: Wellgunde
  • Hermine Haselböck: Flosshilde
  • Bamberg Symphony Chorus
  • Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus
  • State Choir Latvija
  • Aldert Vermeulen, assistant conductor
  • Volker Krafft, vocal coach

四联剧的大结局,可能是没看前两部,没有“告别”的感觉。演出方面,非常满足。在音乐厅待了六个多小时,一晃就过去了。后悔没有二刷。

和一些新旧朋友见面,心甚慰。

After Hours Classics

At Hong Kong Cultural Centre Foyer

  • ROSSINI Le Rendez-vous de chasse
  • DIEWITZ Fidele Grünröcke
  • SILCHER Das Waldhorn
  • MENDELSSOHN O Täler weit, O Höhen
  • BEETHOVEN Trio in C, op. 87
  • MENDELSSOHN Abschied von Walden
  • WEBER Der Freischütz: Hunting Chorus
  • SILCHER Ännchen von Tharau
  • WAGNER Lohengrin Fantasie
  • SILCHER Hab oft im Kreise der Lieben
  • SCHUBERT Der Lindenbaum
  • WAGNER Tannhäuser: Pilgrim’s Chorus
  • ANONYMOUS Bayrischer Ländler
  • Wanger goes Brazil
    · Jiang Lin 江蔺 , Han Xiaoming 韩小明, Ingo Klinkhammer, Ludwig Rast, Stef van Herten, Frank Demmler, Frank Stephan, Johannes Winkler, horns

Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival

An Evening in Pairs
At Hong Kong City Hall

  • DEBUSSY Petite Suite for Piano Four hands
    · Orion Weiss, Anna Polonsky, piano four-hands
  • FAURÉ Impromptu No. 6, Op. 86
    · Emmanuel Ceysson, harp
  • RAVEL String Quartet in F Major
    · Jerusalem Quartet
  • SAINT-SAËNS Fantaisie for Violin and Harp, Op. 124
    · Cho-Liang Lin, violin
    · Emmanuel Ceysson, harp
  • DEBUSSY Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
    · Patrick Gallois, flute
    · Richard O’Neill, viola
    · Emmanuel Ceysson, harp
  • RAVEL Introduction & Allegro
    · Emmanuel Ceysson, harp
    · Cho-Liang Lin, Kitty Cheung Man-yui, violins
    · Richard O’Neill, viola
    · Isang Enders, cello
    · Patrick Gallois, flute
    · Andrew Simon, clarinet