TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1980
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LOCAL YOUNG MUSICIANS GIVE CONCERT
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THE HONG KONG JING YING WILL APPEAR IN A CONCERT ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 20) IN THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL.
THE GROUP RETURNED EARLIER THIS MONTH AFTER A VERY SUCCESSFUL TOUR OF ISRAEL AND CYPRUS, PARTCIPATING IN THE ISRAEL ARTS FESTIVAL AND THE FIRST COMMONWEALTH FILM AND TELEVISION FESTIVAL.
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THE THREE COMPONENT GROUPS OF THE JING YING THE HONG KONG YOUTH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, THE HONG KONG YOUTH CHINESE MUSIC ENSEMBLE AND THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS DANCE TEAM GAVE A TOTAL OF 21 PERFORMANCES DURING THE IR MONTH-LONG TOUR OF THE TWO COUNTRIES FOR AUDIENCES OF ABOUT 30 000.
THE IR PERFORMANCES WON HIGH ACCLAIM FROM MUSIC CRITICS AND AUDIENCES IN THE TWO COUNTRIES. THE JERUSALEM POST DESCRIBED THE CHINESE MUSICIANS' PERFORMANCE AS 'EXTRAORDINARILY POLISHED,' WITH SOLOISTS 'OF AN ASTONISHING FACILITY' AND THE DANCERS AS 'OUTSTANDING AND THE WHOLE PERFORMANCE AS 'TRULY FASCINATING.'
ON THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, COMMENTS FROM CRITICS SUCH AS 'THE QUALITY OF STRING TONE IS UNIQUELY SENSITIVE AND SELDOM HEARD FROM ANY ORCHESTRA ...' AND 'THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SURPRISED US WITH ITS PURE SOUND, GREAT ACCURACY AND SENSE OF ENSEMBLE. THE IR PLAYING GIVES GREAT CREDIT TO HONG KONG'S MUSICAL EDUCATION... ALL SHOWED THAT THE HONG KONG MUSICIANS PASSED A STRINGENT TEST WITH FLYING COLOURS.
THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, SAID, JUDGING FROM ALL THESE COMMENTS, THE JING YING HAVE REALLY DONE A LOT FOR HONG KONG. IT WOULD BE A PITY IF HONG KONG AUDIENCES WERE NOT ABLE TO HEAR THEM FOR THEMSELVES. SO WE HAVE MANAGED TO SQUEEZE IN A SELECTION OF ITEMS BY THE JING YING AT SATURDAY'S CONCERT, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND.
+SO NOW THE CONCERT WILL BE DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS: THE FIRST HALF WILL BE GIVEN BY THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND AS PLANNED, WHILE THE SECOND HALF WILL BE TAKEN OVER BY THE JING YING GROUP, HE ADDED.
SATURDAY'S CONCERT WILL BEGIN AT 3 PM AND IS JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DIVISION AND THE URBAN COUNCIL.
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