https://www.scmp.com/rss/324526/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Although the two major works programmed in Saturday’s concert – Haydn’s Cello Concerto No 1 in C and Schubert’s Symphony No 4 in C minor – are standard classical repertoire, pride of place must go to Ouroboros, a cello concerto by ultra-modern Austrian composer Thomas Larcher commissioned by the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and five European orchestras. The instrumentation makes interesting reading; it includes a prepared piano, a wide range of percussion including such modern accessories as an oil... https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2097935/review-jean-guihen-queyras-hong-kong-sinfonietta-classics-and-rare?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2097935/review-jean-guihen-queyras-hong-kong-sinfonietta-classics-and-rare?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Jun 2017 06:30:30 +0000 The City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong under star guest conductor Andrew Sewell was in sumptuous form for last Friday’s concert, which was noted for its variety and innovation. Similarities and disparities marked the programme, with repertoire spanning from the baroque and postmodern minimalism. A firebrand of a composer in his youth, Henry Cowell later adopted a much more conventional outlook, as in the programme-opening Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10, which is lushly scored for strings and... https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2096898/rachel-barton-pine-and-city-chamber-orchestra-hong-kong-sumptuous-form?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2096898/rachel-barton-pine-and-city-chamber-orchestra-hong-kong-sumptuous-form?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Jun 2017 04:31:14 +0000