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THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1962

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HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND CONCERT

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THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND, FORMED AND MANAGED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, WILL GIVE A CONCERT AT 8 PM ON SUNDAY (MAY 9) AT THE SHOUSON THEATRE, HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE.

THE CONCERT WILL BE CONDUCTED BY FUNG WING-KIT, MICHAEL LAI AND PAK WING-HANG.

THE PROGRAMME, WHICH INCLUDES GABRIELI'S CANZONA A 12, OCTET FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS BY STRAVINSKY, DIES NATAL IS BY HOWARD HANSON, 3 CHORALES BY BACH, CONCERTO FOR TROMBONE AND BAND BY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, SONATINA FOR TIMPANI AND BAND BY TCHEREPNIN, MARCH TO THE SCAFFOLD FROM +SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE+ BY BERLIOZ AND AMERICAN WE BY HENRY FILLMORE, WILL GIVE THE AUDIENCE A PANORAMIC VIEW OF BAND MUSIC FROM THE 17TH CENTURY TO THE 20TH CENTURY. A NUMBER OF THESE WORKS WILL BE PERFORMED

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HONG KONG.

NOTEWORTHY PIECES INCLUDE RIMSKY-KORSAKOV'S 'CONCERTO FOR TROMBONE AND BAND'. THE CONCERTO, WITH THREE MOVEMENTS: ALLEGRO, ANDANTE AND FINALE, WAS COMPOSED WHILE RIMSKY-KORSAKOV WAS INSPECTOR OF THE CZAR'S NAVY BANDS.

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CHEUNG KWOK-MING WILL BE THE SOLOIST OF THE CONCERTO. HAS PERFORMED REGULARLY WITH THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND, THE CIVIL AID SERVICES BAND AND THE MUSIC OFFICE WIND ENSEMBLE. AT PRESENT, CHEUNG STUDIES AT THE HONG KONG CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC.

A SECOND INTERESTING WORK WILL BE +DIES NATAL IS+, COMPOSED IN 1972 BY HOWARD HANSON, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE AMERICAN MUSIC WORLD. HE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC FROM 1924 TO 1964. DIES NATALIS WAS CONSIDERED BY HANSON AS ONE OF HIS MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BAND REPERTORY.

THIS WORK, BASED ON AN ANCIENT LUTHERAN CHRISTMAS CHORALE- TUNE, CONTAINS AN INTRODUCTION, CHORALE, FIVE VARIATIONS AND FINALE. IT WAS FIRST PERFORMED IN THE EASTMAN THEATRE ON APRIL 7, 1972 BY THE EASTMAN WIND ENSEMBLE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DR DONALD HUMSBERGER FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SCHOOL.

CONCERT TICKETS AT 35 ARE AVAILABLE AT THE HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE BOX OFFICE AND MUSIC CENTRES OF THE MUSIC OFFICE AT

(1) 9/F., HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE-

(2) 2/F., YAN HAU MANSION AT 100 TING FU STREET,

NGAU TAU KOK- AND

(3) 2/F., CHEONG YIU BUILDING, 167-173 CASTLE PEAK ROAD,

TOLEN WAN.