FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1979
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HK YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PAYS
TRIBUTE TO LORD MOUNTBATTEN ****
THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, NOW ON A TOUR OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, DEDICATED A PIECE OF MUSICAL WORK TO THE LATE LORD MOUNTBATTEN DURING ITS FINAL PERFORMANCE IN LONDON WEDNESDAY (AUGUST 29) NIGHT.
AFTER HAVING CONDUCTED THE FIRST FOUR MOVEMENTS OF SIR WILLIAM WALTON'S HENRY V SUITE AT THE CONCERT, MR. DAVID STONE, HONG KONG'S MUSIC CONSULTANT, TURNED TO THE AUDIENCE AND SAID: HONG KONG WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THE LAST MOVEMENT, THE AGINCOURT SONG, TO THE MEMORY OF THAT GREAT FIGHTER, EARL MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA.+
THE CONCERT AT ST JOHN'S SMITH SQUARE WAS ATTENDED BY A DISTINGUISHED AUDIENCE, MANY OF WHOM, INCLUDING FORMER HONG KONG GOVERNOR SIR ROBERT BLACK AND LADY BLACK, HAD BEEN SPECIALLY INVITED BY THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER IN LONDON, MR. DENIS BRAY.
THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA STARTED THE CONCERT WITH WORKS BY WALTON, DELIUS, PACHELBEL AND MILHAUD.
THEN THE YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA, ALSO TOURING THE UK, TOOK OVER WITH A PROGRAMME THAT INCLUDED MUSIC FROM THE SUNG AND CHING DYNASTIES, AND A SPECIALLY COMPOSED ORCHESTRAL ACCOMPANIMENT TO A PERFORMANCE OF THE MONKEY KING+ BY THE LIVERPOOL CHINESE MIME BALLET COMPANY.
DURING THEIR UK TOUR, THE TWO ORCHESTRAS HAVE PERFORMED AT CHELTENHAM, BRISTOL, ABERDEEN, EDINBURGH, DURHAM, LIVERPOOL AND POOLE, AS WELL AS LONDON.
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THE ORCHESTRAS WILL ALSO GIVE TWO PERFORMANCES IN PARIS ONE OF THEM IN THE EIFFEL TOWER BEFORE RETURNING TO HONG KONG ON WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 5).
MEANWILIBE, THE CONCERT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN LONDON WAS RECORDED FOR BROADCAST IN THE BBC RADIO 3 PROGRAMME, YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF THE WORLD+, AND THE YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA HAS ALSO RECORDED ITS PERFORMANCES FOR A BBC TELEVISION PROGRAMME AND A BBC SCHOOLS MUSIC PROGRAMME.
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