29-08-2020 - 30-08-2020
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
5 Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong
75 - 380

Know Your Ballet Music

29-08-2020 - 30-08-2020
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
5 Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong
75 - 380

Discover the fiery, turbulent and tragic side of ballet music masterpieces in this daringly unique and illuminating concert, looking into some heart-rending depictions of mortality, and the transcendent beauty of rebirth!

Conductor: Vivian Ip
Choreographer/Presenter: Yuri Ng (HKS Artist Associate 2011-2013)
Text: Leon Ko (HKS Artist Associate 2018-2019)
Dance Artist: Lai Pui-ki Peggy * ,Leung Saulong * , Kelvin Mak
*With kind permission of Hong Kong Ballet

Programme

Offenbach
Orpheus in the Underworld Overture

Stravinsky
Petrushka: Russian Dance

Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty: Act I Finale

Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

Adam
Giselle: Act II Entrée d’Albrecht

Saint-Saëns
The Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring: Sacrificial Dance

Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet:
-The Death of Tybalt
-The Death of Mercutio
-The Death of Juliet

Stravinsky
The Firebird
Infernal Dance of King Kashchei –
Berceuse –
Finale



Duration: Approximately 2 hours with a 15 min intermission
Language: Mainly in Cantonese
Age Limit: For ages 6+
Programme Enquiries: 2836 3336 / info@hksinfonietta.org

*Hong Kong Sinfonietta reserves the right to change the programme and artists