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SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1982
CURTAIN FALLS ON MUSIC CAMP
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A CONCERT WAS HELD THIS EVENING (SATURDAY) TO MARK THE CLOSING OF THE THIRD HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC CAMP.
SOME 300 YOUNG MUSICIANS, INCLUDING 20 AUSTRALIANS, BRITONS, AMERICANS AND JAPANESE, PERFORMED AT THE FIVE-HOUR FINAL CONCERT HELD AT THE A.C. HALL, KOWLOON.
THE YOUTHS HAD ALL TAKEN PART IN A TWO-WEEK CAMP ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT TO IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS IN CHINESE AND WESTERN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTAL PLAYING AS WELL AS IN CHORAL SINGING.
THIS EVENING'S CONCERT WAS STAGED IN TWO PARTS, WITH THE FIRST HALF DEVOTED TO CHINESE AND SYMPHONIC BAND MUSIC AND THE SECOND TO ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC.
FOUR OF THE 10 OVERSEAS MUSICIANS WHO WERE INVITED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT WORKSHOPS, TRAINING AND STUDY SESSIONS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE CONCERT AS CONDUCTORS.
CELLIST LEONARD STEHN, CLARINETTIST JOHN DENMAN, AND A CHINESE MAESTRO FROM BEIJING, QIN PENG-ZHANG, CONDUCTED IN THE FIRST HALF.
IN THE SECOND HALF. AUSTRALIAN CONDUCTOR GEORG TINTNER
CONDUCTED WORKS BY BEETHOVEN, BRUCKNER AND BRAHMS.
ALSO PERFORMING AT THE CONCERT WERE ELLA KIANG (SOPRANO), PATRICIA ELLEN (CONTRALTO), STEPHEN LLEWELLYN (TENOR) AND NICHOLAS HAYES (BASS BARITONE).
COMMENTING ON THE MUSIC CAMP, THE CAMP DIRECTOR, MR CLIVE OXLEY, SAID THE TWO-WEEKS OF TRAINING FOR THE YOUNG MUSICIANS HAD BEEN AN IMMENSE SUCCESS.
+OUR THANKS GO TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED, ESPECIALLY THE OVERSEAS GUEST MUSICIANS WHO CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO MAKE THE CAMP A SUCCESS, + MR OXLEY SAID.
+THE CAMPERS WERE ENTHUSIASTIC AND HARD-WORKING, AND I AM SURE THAT THEY HAVE DERIVED CONSIDERABLE PLEASURE AND BENEFIT FROM THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE CAMP, HE ADDED.
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