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: Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra - UK tour

Comprised of traditional Chinese string, wind and percussion instruments, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra has gained an outstanding international reputation for its powerful and evocative performances of music both ancient and modern. The Orchestra's visit in March 2008 forms part of CHINA NOW, a nationwide showcase of the very best of modern China.

Programme
WANG NING Festivities
ZHAO JIPING Tracing our roots with the Old Pagoda Tree
SUI LIJUN Song of the Black Earth
LAW WING-FAI A Thousand Brushstrokes
PENG XIUWEN Terracotta Warriors Fantasia

Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Yan Huichang - conductor
Wong Chi-ching - pipa
Feng Shaoxian - sanxian and voice

Dates
14 March LONDON, Royal Festival Hall
15 March MANCHESTER, Bridgewater Hall
17 March BIRMINGHAM, Town Hall
18 March GATESHEAD, The Sage

Contact: Sergio Porto

For more information on CHINA NOW

  
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      March 2009   Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Eastern European tour with Piotr Anderszewski
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      May 2009   Staatskapelle Dresden: Fabio Luisi in Asia
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      May/June 2009   National Beijing Opera Company of China: Beijing Opera
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