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FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1975.
RHK TO BROADCAST ARTS FESTIVAL CONCERTS
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RADIO HONG KONG IS ABOUT TO EMBARK ON THE MOST AMBITIOUS SERIES OF LIVE MUSIC BROADCASTS IN ITS HISTORY.
FOURTEEN OF THE 1975 HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL CONCERTS ARE TO BE RELAYED DIRECT FROM THE CONCERT HALL OF THE CITY HALL TO LISTENERS IN THEIR HOMES.
THE FIRST BROADCAST WILL BE ON MONDAY (FEBRUARY 3) AT- 7.25 P.M. (THE OPENING NIGHT OF THE FESTIVAL) WHEN THE ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY RAYMOND LEPPARD WILL BE PLAYING BACH'S BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 1 IN F, NO. 3 IN G AND NO. IN G AND BACH'S HARPSICHORD CONCERTO NO. 4.
THE LAST OF THESE CONCERTS WILL BE HEARD ON SUNDAY, 2ND MARCH. EIGHT OF THE BROADCASTS WILL BE ON RHK 4 (THE ENGLISH FM RADIO SERVICE) AND SIX ON RHK 2 (THE CHINESE FM RADIO SERVICE).
DETAILS OF THESE BROADCASTS WILL APPEAR IN THE DAILY PRESS (BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH) BUT THEY WILL COVER FOUR CONCERTS BY THE ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, SIX BY THE ORCHESTRE NATIONAL FRANÇAIS, AND TWO EACH BY THE SPANISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA AND HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA.
CLIVE SIMPSON, HEAD OF SERIOUS MUSIC PROGRAMMES AT RADIO HONG KONG, SAID: THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST EXTENSIVE SERIES OF LIVE BROADCASTS WE HAVE EVER UNDERTAKEN, AND IT PROMISES TO BE A RICH AND EXCITING PERIOD. THE SERIOUS MUSIC DEPARTMENT OF THE ENGLISH RADIO SERVICE IS VERY BUSY ALL THE YEAR ROUND, PRODUCING AS IT DOES 50 PROGRAMMES A WEEK NON-STOP, BUT FEBRUARY THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE AN EXTREMELY EXHAUSTING MONTH FOR ALL OF US. IT'S GOING TO TAX OUR MANPOWER RESOURCES TO THE FULL, BOTH ON THE PRODUCTION AND TECHNICAL SIDES,
+THE BROADCASTS WILL BE BY SPECIAL VHF LINK FROM THE ROOF OF THE CITY HALL AND THE CONCERTS WILL BE HEARD ON EITHER RHK 2 OR RHK 4, ALTHOUGH NOT SIMULTANEOUSLY AS IN THE PAST, SIMULTANEOUS BROADCASTS ARE NOT IMPOSSIBLE BUT THEY DO PRESENT CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTIES, ESPECIALLY AT THE CITY HALL ITSELF WHERE ACCOMMODATION IS SEVERELY RESTRICTED.+
MR. SIMPSON FEELS THAT THESE +LIVE+ BROADCASTS WON'T HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT UPON TICKET SALES AS RADIO HONG KONG WON'T BE ADVERTISING WHICH CONCERTS ARE GOING TO BE BROADCAST UNTIL QUITE CLOSE TO THE ACTUAL DATE.
HE ADDED THAT HE FELT THE IDEA OF RIVALRY OR CONFLICT IN THIS MATTER WAS LARGELY IN THE MINDS OF CONCERT PROMOTERS AND IMPRESARIOS.
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