Sea Interludes

**This concert is originally scheduled on 18 September 2021 (Saturday), but was postponed to 9 October as conductor Roberto Forés Veses’ journey to Hong Kong was delayed due to the recent changes in quarantine requirements. **

Conductor: Roberto Forés Veses

The Sea – at times bewitchingly calm and reflective, at times mercilessly tempestuous and ferocious – has long been a point of fascination and a source of inspiration for generations of composers. Set sail on an invigorating voyage with Hong Kong Sinfonietta and conductor Roberto Forés Veses at Sea Interludes, where the waves of Thomas Adès’ and Britten’s music lull you and challenge you, until they morph into the soaring silhouette of the Alps – an equally dramatic and hauntingly beautiful force of nature – in Brahms’ beloved Symphony No 1.

Programme

Thomas Adès
Shanty – Over the Sea (2020) (Asian première)
Commissioned by Australian Chamber Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Münchener Kammerorchester, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Kammerorchester Basel with Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy, Istanbul Music Festival, and Barbican Centre with Britten Sinfonia

Britten
Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes, Op 33a

Brahms
Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 68

Disease Prevention Measures

• Audience members will need to go through temperature checks upon entering the performance venue. Those with fever symptoms will be denied entry and should seek immediate medical advice.
• Audience members must wear their own masks inside the performance venue.
• To comply with the reduced capacity and social distancing regulations of the performance venue, special seating arrangements are in place. Please sit in your assigned seats.

Duration: Approximately 2 hours with a 15 min intermission
Age Limit: For ages 6+
Programme Enquiries: 2836 3336 / info@hksinfonietta.org
Remarks: Tickets for wheelchair zone (Seats ZE5-8 & ZE24-27) is available at URBTIX only

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