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MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1986

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HK, AMERICAN YOUTHS IN JOINT CONCERT

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THE MUSIC OFFICE WILL PRESENT A COMBINED CONCERT BY THE RENOWNED WASHINGTON D.C. YOUTH ORCHESTRA AND THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ON AUGUST 30 (SATURDAY) AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM,

THE AUDIENCE WILL BE TREATED TO A SUPERB PROGRAMME UNDER THE BATONS OF THREE CONDUCTORS. THEY ARE THE ASSISTANT MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR (PROFESSIONAL) OF THE MUSIC OFFICE, MR THOMAS WANG, AND THE CONDUCTOR AND ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR OF THE D.C. YOUTH ORCHESTRA, MR LYN MCLAIN AND MR ALFONSO POLLARD,

AS AN ADDED ATTRACTION, MRS SALLY MCLAIN, A DISTINGUISHED VIOLINIST AND A MEMBER OF THE KENNEDY CENTRE OPERA HOUSE ORCHESTRA, AND MR WILLIAM HAWTHORNE, PRINCIPAL BASS OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, WILL BE SOLOISTS.

INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMME ARE POPULAR PIECES SUCH AS BRAHMS' TRAGIC OVERTURE, OP. 81, BEETHOVEN'S SYMPHONY NO. 5 IN C MINOR OP. 67, BOTTES INI'S GRAND DUO CONCERTANTE FOR VIOLIN AND STRING BASS AND GERSHWIN'S PORGY AND BESS OVERTURE.

THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE CONCERT, WHICH BEGINS AT 8 PM, WILL BE TCHAIKOVSKY'S 1812 OVERTURE, OP. 49 PLAYED JOINTLY BY THE TWO ORCHESTRAS.

FOUNDED IN 1960, THE D.C. YOUTH ORCHESTRA PROGRAMME HAS RECRUITED, PROVIDED INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TRAINING, ENSEMBLE TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE THAN 45 000 YOUNG PEOPLE.

THE PROGRAMME HAS NOW AN ENROLMENT OF 675 YOUNG PEOPLE ORGANISED INTO FOUR ORCHESTRAS AND NUMEROUS CHAMBER GROUPS WITH THE YOUTH ORCHESTRA AS THE TOP LEVEL PERFORMING GROUP. IT PRESENT OVER 37 CONCERTS A YEAR AND USUALLY FEATURES LOCAL AND NATIONALLY KNOWN ARTISTES AS SOLOISTS.

THE 90-MEMBER ORCHESTRA WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG ON AUGUST 23 (THURSDAY) FOLLOWING THE IR TOUR OF CHINA.

THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA COMPRISING 85 MEMBERS PREVIOUSLY PARTICIPATED IN TWO JOINT PERFORMANCE WITH THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA IN ADDITION TO A SUCCESSFUL ANNUAL CONCERT LAST APRIL.

TICKETS AT $5 EACH ARE AVAILABLE AT THE BOX OFFICES OF THE CITY HALL, QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, SPACE MUSEUM, HONG KONG COLISEUM AND TOM LEE MUSIC CO. (CAUSEWAY BAY, CAMERON LANE, TAI KOO SHING CITY PLAZA AND MAN YEE BUILDING BRANCHES). FOR ENQUIRIES, CALL 5-283257.

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