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TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1982

STRAVINSKY CENTENARY CELEBRATION CONCERT

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THE MUSIC OFFICE AND RTHK WILL JOINTLY PRESENT A STRAVINSKY CENTENARY CELEBRATION CONCERT ON SUNDAY (JUNE 27) AT 3 PM IN THE SHOUSON THEATRE OF THE HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE.

THE PERFORMERS WILL INCLUDE MARGARET LYNN OF THE LINGNAN COLLEGE, AND MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND, HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AND THE HONG KONG CHAMBER ORCHESTRA.

THE PROGRAMME WILL FEATURE 'FANFARE FOR A NEW THEATRE' PLAYED BY CHIU KAI-KEUNG AND CHAN TAM-SUN (TRUMPET SOLOISTS)- 'SONATA FOR PIANO' WILL BE PLAYED BY MARGARET LYNN= 'DUO CONCERTANTE' BY BENEDICT CRUFT (ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER OF THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA) ACCOMPANIED BY GABRIEL KWOK.

OTHER PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS WILL INCLUDE A PERFORMANCE OF THE 'SUITE ITALIENNE PLAYED BY THE DISTINGUISHED FRENCH PIANIST, MONIQUE DUPHIL, WITH CELLIST JAY HUMESTON, THREE PIECES FOR SOLO CLARINET' BY NORMAN FOSTER THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND WILL PERFORM THE 'OCTET FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS' CONDUCTED BY FUNG WING-KIT, AND THE DUMBARTON OAKS' CONCERTO IN E FLAT WILL BE PLAYED BY THE HONG KONG CHAMBER ORCHESTRA UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DAN SILVER.

IGOR STRAVINSKY WAS BORN IN 1882, THE SON OF A DISTINGUISHED BASS SOLOIST OF THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN OPERA. THE GREATEST INFLUENCE DURING THE EARLY YEARS OF HIS LIFE WAS FROM THE RUSSIAN COMPOSER, RIMSKY KORSAKOV, UNDER WHOM HE STUDIED.

STRAVINSKY'S WORKS CAN BE DIVIDED INTO THREE PRINCIPAL PERIODS, RUSSIAN, NEO-CLASSICAL AND SERIAL. EACH PERIOD HAS A DISTINCT DEVELOPMENT, FAR REMOVED FROM EACH OTHER. STRAVINSKY'S EARLY COMPOSITIONS INCLUDED MANY BALLET SCORES, COMMISSIONED BY SERGEI DIAGHILEV FOR THE RUSSIAN BALLET IN PARIS. THESE INCLUDE *THE FIREBIRD', 'PULCINELLA' AND 'PETRUSHKA'. PERHAPS HIS MOST CONTROVERSIAL WORK WAS 'THE RITE OF SPRING' WHICH WHEN FIRST PERFORMED, RECEIVED VIOLENT CRITICISM AS BEING TOO 'AVANT-GARDE' FOR ITS TIME.

AFTER LEAVING EUROPE, STRAVINSKY SETTLED IN AMERICA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, WHERE HIS MAJOR COMPOSITIONS

INCLUDED THE 'SYMPHONY IN THREE MOVEMENTS, AND HIS LONGEST COMPOSITION, THE OPERA 'THE RAKE'S PROGRESS'. IN HIS LATER LIFE, STRAVINSKY'S MUSICAL STYLE WAS INFLUENCED BY SERIALISM, WHICH IS REFLECTED IN HIS LAST COMPOSITIONS, INCLUDING REQUIEM CATICLES'.

TICKETS AT $5, $10 AND $20 ARE NOW AVILABLE FROM THE HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE BOX OFFICE, AND ALL MUSIC CENTRES OF THE MUSIC OFFICE.

ENQUIRIES ON THE CONCERT MAY BE MADE ON TELEPHONE 5-283257.