Double Music

偶樂

17 APR 2015 | FRI | 8PM

Programme

I GUSTI NGURAH ADI PUTRA Mo Meng
KRISTOFER SVENSSON Ír Himinn, Grœnn (World Premiere)
JOHN CAGE / LOU HARRISON Double Music
SLAMET ABDUL SJUKUR GAME-land No. 5, II
FUNG DIC-LUN Everlasting Blossoms in the Spring Breeze* (World Premiere)
CLAUDE VIVIER Pulau Dewata
JOYCE WAI-CHUNG TANG Resonance* (World Premiere)

*Commissioned by HKU Gamelan in 2015 with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund

Composers have long been inspired by the rhythmic vitality and complex sonorities of Indonesian gamelan music. Using this as a point of departure, this concert features newly-commissioned works for Balinese gamelan and soloists as well as masterpieces by North American and Indonesian composers.

Artists

Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
HKU Percussion Ensemble
HKU Gamelan

Loo Sze Wang, sheng
William Lane, viola
Linda Yim, piano
John Winzenburg, conductor

Music in Words

(In English)

Speakers: Fung Dic-lun, Kristofer Svensson, and Joyce Wai-chung Tang
17 APR 2015 | FRI | 7:00PM-7:30PM
Rehearsal Room, LG1/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, HKU

FREE and open to the public (first come, first served)

Venue

Grand Hall
Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre
Centennial Campus
The University of Hong Kong

Admission

FREE via online registration

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Remarks

For ages 6+
Approximately 1 hour without intermission
Guests are advised to arrive punctually.
No latecomers will be admitted until a suitable break in the programme.
Programmes and artists are subject to change.