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SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1987

HK ORCHESTRA'S PERFORMANCE APPLAUDED

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

TO ST. JAMES

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A LUNCHTIME CONCERT BY THE HONG KONG YOUTH FROM THE MUSIC OFFICE WON APPLAUSE FROM VISITORS CHURCH IN LONDON TODAY (SATURDAY).

17-DAY AND

THE ORCHESTRA CURRENTLY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ON A CONCERT TOUR ENTHRALLED THE AUDIENCE WITH RENDITIONS OF CLASSICAL CONTEMPORARY COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING SUCH PIECES AS HENDEL'S "WATER MUSIC" AND VAUGHAN WILLIAMS' "ENGLISH FOLKSONG SUITE".

"IT WAS REALLY A MARVELLOUS PERFORMANCE AND I AM VERY IMPRESSED BY THEIR SUPERB SKIJA, SAID ONE OF THE AUDIENCE.

TODAY'S CONCERT WAS THE LAST OF A TOTAL OF SEVEN PUBLIC PERFORMANCES INCLUDED IN THE ORCHESTRA'S ITINERARY.

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APART FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE 1987 EDINBURGH BRITISH YOUTH ORCHESTRAS, IT ALSO GAVE CONCERTS IN MUSSELBURGH, STIRLING, LINCOLN AND LONDON.

CALL, THE MUSIC AND THE GENERAL RESPONSE TO THEIR

SPEAKING FROM A LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE TOUR DIRECTOR, MR THOMAS WANG, SAID PERFORMANCES WAS FAVOURABLE.

THEIR MUSIC ACTIVITIES WERE 111 GNLY ACCLAIMED BY THE MUSIC CRITICS AND WELL COVERED BY TIE NEWSPAPERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM INCLUDING THE SCOTSMAN, THE EVENING NEWS AND THE HONG KONG NEWS DIGEST.

THE DELEGATION WILI, RETURN TO HONG KONG ON MONDAY (AUGUST 24).

AFTER THE TRIP, THE ORCHESTRA TO BE CONDUCTED BY MR THOMAS WANG WILL BE FEATURED AT A CONCERT AS PART OF THE PROGRAMME FOR THE 'PLATFORM FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS' SERIES ORGANISED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL.

THE CONCERT WILL BE HELD AT THE CONCERT HALL, CITY HALL ON SEPTEMBER 3 (THURSDAY) AT 8 PM.

TICKETS AT $15, $20 AND $30 ARE AVAILABLE AT URBTIX OUTLETS AT CITY HALL, QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, SPACE MUSEUM, HONG KONG COLISEUM, NGAU CHI WAN CIVIC CENTRE, TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL, SHA TIN TOWN HALL. TUEN MUN TOWN HALL AND TOM LEE MUSIC CO. LTD. (CAMERON LANE, MAN YER BUILDING, TAIKOO SHING CITY PLAZA AND HENNESSY ROAD).

TELEPHONE BOOKING CAN BE MADE ON 5-739596.

STUDENT TICKETS AT $7.50 AND $10 WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM AUGUST

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