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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1975

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SUNDAYS AT SIX

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A NEW SERIES OF EVENING CHAMBER MUSIC RECITALS BEGINS THIS MONTH AT THE UNION CHURCH, KENNEDY ROAD, HONG KONG.

ENTITLED +SUNDAYS AT SIX+, THE MONTHLY RECITALS WILL FEATURE LEADING LOCAL SINGERS AND INSTRUMENTALISTS IN PROGRAMMES OF WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC ALTHOUTH NEXT JANUARY'S CONCERT WILL BE DEVOTED TO CHINESE INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL MUSIC.

THE SERIES, PRESENTED BY THE UNION CHURCH IN ASSOCIATION WITH RADIO HONG KONG, IS THE LATEST +BRAINCHILD OF CLIVE SIMPSON WHO IS A WELL-KNOWN FIGURE IN LOCAL MUSIC CIRCLES, HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDER-ORGANIZERS OF THE NOW WELL-ESTABLISHED LUNCHTIME RECITALS AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL AND HAS ARRANGED CHAMBER CONCERTS FOR THE GOETHE INSTITUTE. HE IS CURRENTLY CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC CONCERTS COMMITTEE AS WELL AS BEING INVOLVED IN VOCAL CONCERTS FOR THE 1976 HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL.

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TAKING PART IN THE FIRST OF THE SIX MONTHLY RECITALS WILL BE BARITONE TIMOTHY YUNG, WHO WILL DE ACCOMPANIED BY STUART BONNER IN THREE SONGS OF C.P.E. BACH AND FIVE OF SCHUMANN'S SETTINGS OF HEINE POEMS. FOR THE REST OF THE PROGRAMME THE HONG KONG BRASS SEXTET, LED BY JOHN CHENG, WILL PERFORM A VARIETY OF WORKS RANGING FROM BYRD AND MONTEVERDI TO MOUSSORGSKY AND HINDEMITH.

THE RECITAL BEGINS AT 6 P.M. ON OCTOBER 26. ADMISSION IS FREE. IT WILL BE RECORDED BY RADIO HONG KONG FOR FUTURE TRANSMISSION,

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