FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1979
SPECIAL CONCERT BY HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
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TWELVE MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO PLAY AT A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA IN ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND.
MR. GORDON SIU, THE GOVERNMENT MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR AND THE TOUR DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA, REMARKED THAT IT WAS A GREAT HONOUR AND ACHIEVEMENT FOR HONG KONG'S YOUNG MUSICIANS.
SO FAR, THE TWO ORCHESTRAS HAVE GIVEN SEVEN CONCERTS IN WEST ENGLAND, LANCASHIRE AND SCOTLAND.
THE TWO ORCHESTRAS HAVE PERFORMED ON PLATFORMS DECORATED WITH CHINESE LANTERNS.
THE FIRST HALF OF EACH CONCERT WAS GIVEN BY THE YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA, UNDER ITS CONDUCTOR TONG LEUNG-TAK.
IT WAS PRECEDED BY MR. SIU'S DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSICAL ITEMS AND AN EXPLANATION OF THE CHINESE INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR HISTORY.
AUDIENCES AND CRITICS WERE GREATLY IMPRESSED BY THIS PART OF THE PROGRAMME AND BY MR. SIU'S INTRODUCTION, WHICH WAS DESCRIBED AS +A GREAT AID TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF CHINESE MUSIC, +
THE SECOND HALF OF THE PROGRAMME, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. THOMAS WANG AND MR. DAVID STONE, WAS PERFORMED BY THE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. CRITICS WHO WERE GREATLY IMPRESSED BY THE ORCHESTRA'S STRING SECTION, DESCRIBED IT AS +PARTICULARLY GOOD, SMOOTH AND FLEXIBLY EXPRESSIVE.+
BESIDES THE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES GIVEN BY THE ORCHESTRAS, THE TWO BRIGHTLY-COLOURED LIONS WERE CONSIDERED THE MOST EYE-CATCHING PARTICIPANTS.+
THE ORCHESTRAS WILL GIVE PERFORMANCES IN EDINBURGH, DURHAM, LIVERPOOL, LONDON AND POOLE. THEY WILL VISIT PARIS AFTER THEIR U.K. TOUR.
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