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ୣʺऋၤսᄨဍႫ Mozart and Mendelssohn ຝ͌ עඏ˃༻ ࣵན (ɩሁ͚ᚊςੵ֨ܞ Masaaki Suzuki ሣ๕ؿ҄ conductor ɩүၦςiɩ҄ ྺ ܈ௗ͓ʼ ୄςi ɩొೄ ۂBarnabás Kelemen ୣʺऋ *ɣሁɍɩొೄԾۗςcА ҄ violin ྺ ረફς xɻͤࢠx ۂսᄨဍႫ ᗫؿᚉϹcА ۂսᄨဍႫ $ɣሁ͚̒ᚊς෮ɣСcА ݠᅱؿ҄ ҄ؿϷ ҄ؿɻ ܈ᔁဍෑͶݤၦςi Programme HAYDN Symphony No. 44 in E minor Trauer Allegro con brio Menuetto: Allegretto Adagio Finale: Presto MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K216 Allegro Adagio Rondeau – Intermission – MENDELSSOHN The Fair Melusina, Op. 32 MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A Italian, Op. 90 Allegro vivace Andante con moto Con moto moderato Saltarello: Presto ΈϽᜮଠ cᇼᗐઌʹొཋʥԯˢᚊባສeʑɺඝࠕdᙘᄧd፣ࠑֶ፣ᄧeूɣࡼτȹ҄کሌᅥ ؿࠑᅥe Dear patrons For a wonderful concert experience, kindly switch off your mobile phone and other beeping devices before the concert begins. Photography, recording, filming, eating or drinking are not allowed. We wish you a very enjoyable evening. (ࠗಋဳ֞ᅥ྆ಋᅥܰԓݘਂʑԮეኒΔ The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HKPO Ͻؿᅥ྆ɾȹcᔔఒࠗಋʼʝ́՜༩ȹ˖c is one of Asia’s leading orchestras. Enriching Hong Kong’s ɍɊαԞɰೕࢄιඑജɁၤࣵ̔ࠑᅥ၀ߜؿ cultural life for over a century, the Orchestra has grown intoٶ ˮᅥ྆cмʵ˖ވज़ᖚࡼ̎ᘆᖚeಋᅥ a formidable ensemble of Chinese and international talents in the last three decades, attracting world-class artists to Ұα༦൚༦ȹϛʄɊؿˮcᘩ৽ɀɊຒ perform on the same stage. HKPO annually touches the lives of ᅥ়ؿʶe 200,000 music lovers through more than 150 performances. ɣϴ۹fജऋეኒɎc Under the leadership of its internationally renowned conductorܞΕԔᙷਝؿ αˮ৺ Edo de Waart, HKPO continues to scale new heights in musicalٶಋᅥؿᖚˋ̡ྨঢ়ࢋeಋᅥ Ͳࡨ͚ᚊςӡͶdჱࠑᅥผdඨ̀ᅥς excellence. The continuing cycle of Mahler symphonies and ,cҡ challenging programming outside the traditional repertoireۿؿྩณς͌cяݯᅥ়ֺᆅʘ౨̔˞ ᅥտؿ have become highly anticipated events as well as musicalιݯᅥ྆ᖚೕࢄؿԈೡຌe -ᅕӴΛ٧ؿᒫԈෙჱࠑᅥผ milestones for the Orchestra. Beethoven’s Fidelio opera-inڈࠇᎻc ʥ৺ؿɣΔɾɺ˿cϤԯˢၤಋᅥ concert and Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde are inarguably the i፡ೄࡼແˤd major highlights of the 2009/10 season. Many great artistsܢ˳ڬؿᕷᅥኋ̜ܱ̎ ,ॗʩਥʥңၐcɩొೄࡼਜ̷਼քʥ perform with the HKPO, from pianists Jean-Yves Thibaudetּˈ ɣొೄࡼ͠СeඨթܞᖓऋӇਥ Boris Berezovsky and Paul Lewis, violinist Sarah Chang to cellist Steven Isserlis. Last October, the audiences were ಋᅥؿ၀ˮcҡᜑᄤɣܞ˂Ɋכɣ thrilled with the performance of the HKPO under the baton ᅥ়जɎ૯ԳͿോe of the legendary Gennadi Rozhdestvensky. ιݯ From April 2006, The Swire Group Charitable Trust becameټপਥڌα˂cʪ̀එ྆෯ഁ ᅥ྆ؿࠖᖳХc˞Хജऋྡྷଊˢྦྷᅥ྆ؿ the Hong Kong Philharmonic’s Principal Patron, enabling ѩᗙeϊݯಋᅥ̌ɐɣؿͬพᖳХc˥ᅥ྆ Maestro de Waart’s artistic vision for the Orchestra to be ,ၦ̎ᑺ൬ realized. Swire’s sponsorship of the Hong Kong Philharmonicވ˖˞ΕᖚɐτҡɣؿೕࢄcΉ ؿࣂcੀঢ়ˋๅؿˮᄤɣ̵̟cᜑҡ the largest in the Orchestra’s history, supports artistic growth ΛɁઅᘩԷ̀ࠑᅥe and development as the Orchestra takes its place on the world stage, and brings performances of musical excellence to the widest possible public. ॵฉ૯૯၇κcዶรઐᄤ HKPO stays in tune with our city by presenting the orchestra̟ےಋᅥࠗಋؿ ผΈආᄙcੀ၀ؿࠑᅥผ in unexpected venues and bringing the excitement ofمဳ֞ᅥϭ ԷΈࡼΈʸcɻɺʭࠇ߬ˮҡ༦ཋ̎ the concert experience to every home through radio and ൠΔ television broadcasts. These included, the largest symphonicכܢ˳ሌcʥཋ഼ᔝᅌͲಋ̵̟ event of the year, Swire Symphony Under the Stars at Happy ͚ᚊۗ z ʪ̀ێ༝ᅥᐾϷؿͲαɣ Valley. The Orchestra runs a comprehensive schools education ಋᅥfܱէf͚ᚊςeݯȿొঢ়Ͳಋɻd programme, HSBC Insurance Creative Notes, bringing the joy ɩdऋࣦነ́ྦྷ̀ࠑᅥؿጙመcಋᅥᐾፒ of classical music to primary, secondary and special school ፮෮ࠑଲcొԜЛ kids, and once in a while, the Orchestra drops the formality ofړࠑᅥઠөི߮㟱ᔔ ࠑᅥผʥΈඖઠөݠ৽eᅥ྆͛ཹምˮक़̀ the classical concerts to crossover with Western and Chinese .ࠑᅥؿᆲᕿc౨ᑼᇼɻd̔ݚϷʹ̎ pop stars ᜮଠઅᘩ̀ࠑᅥeڇˮcмʵҡΛα The Orchestra also builds its reputation and raises its artistic ᐰᙷ standards by touring. In 2007/08 season, the Orchestra͓ۺಋᅥؿࣵ̔Ԁিˮcᜑᅥ྆Εಋ̔ ʥ൬ȹүొʠᖚˋ̡eᅥտcಋᅥʗ performed in the Shanghai Spring International Music ਝࠑᅥຝʥ˵ԕਝࠑᅥຝɻ Festival and the Beijing Music Festival. In 2009, the OrchestraܬɐࣵɾכП αcᅥ྆ҡΕϴ۹fജऋؿეኒ undertook a major six-concert tour of China, including theeޚڋ ɎԷᄤήܱࣵࠑᅥᜨd˵ԕਝࡼɣჱʥɐࣵ Xinghai Concert Hall in Guangzhou, Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts and Shanghai Grand Theatre under ɣჱАɻਝԀcݯᄤɣɻਝᚹଠˮʒ the leadership of Maestro Edo de Waart. ၀ࠑᅥผe In February 2008, the Hong Kong Arts Development Council α˂ཕೕᖚઐᄤ honoured the HKPO with the Arts Promotion Award, inכࠗಋᖚೕࢄѫ αԞι˲ᒷ recognition of its success in expanding its audience base andٶಋᅥٲ˞ᆉʀࠗಋဳ֞ᅥ྆c ࢄᜮଠᄙࠍᏵՅʔଠʻܛe gaining public support in recent years. The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra is financially supported by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ༅Х SWIRE is the Principal Patron of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra֚ܧਂܧࠗಋဳ֞ᅥ྆ࠗͅಋऋПϷ ࠗಋဳ֞ᅥ྆ࠖᖳХiʪ̀එ྆ The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra is the Venue Partner of the Hong ࠗಋဳ֞ᅥ྆ݯࠗಋʼʝɻʶΔ͟Ђ Kong Cultural Centre Salute ᑢ͟Ђ to Our Partners kܛࠗಋဳ֞ᅥ྆টʶᑢ˞ɎᖳХዀ࿚ؿྐྵష༅Хʻ The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the Partners below for their generous sponsorship and support! ˚߬ᖳХ ࠖᖳХ MAJOR FUNDING BODY PRINCIPAL PATRON ຝ͌ᖳХMAJOR SPONSORS CIC Investor Services Limited a subsidiary of Crédit Industriel et Commercial, France ߎཋ(852) 2721 2030 ֶཋ൯ϭ[email protected] ၤ҈ࠨᐲeٴΣ્݅τᗐᖳХֶࢶಁԑփcᚭ For sponsorship and donation enquiries, please feel free to contact us on (852) 2721 2030 or via email at [email protected] ˞ʔ̇ߜʼΊီѵIn alphabetical order of company name עඏ˃༻ Masaaki Suzuki ܞ conductor α͓ˀ̯ʱႠ̀ᅥ྆cଊࣂ Since founding Bach Collegium Japan in 1990, Masaakiכעඏ˃༻ ؿᚬۤeˢΛαԞኪͨᅥ྆ Suzuki has established himself as a leading authority on theۂʱႠАܞɰιݯ works of Bach. He has remained their Music Director ever ؿࠑᅥᐢဟcეኒᅥ྆ԀিᅩݘʥਝΈࠇ߬ since, taking them regularly to major venues and festivals ˮΔʥࠑᅥຝc˞รԮܷɈdୀᆽϤभ in Europe and the U.S. and building up an outstanding ؿᖐԔᙷਝᅥኋe reputation for the expressive refinement and authenticity of his performances. Ί̀ᅥ྆ˮcʌտҡၤ He is now regularly invited to work with renownedكˢᏵᑼၤᅩݘ ࣓ऋ̀ᅥ྆ʥ̥ഠఃʱᖓКᅥ྆ԀিΛ European period ensembles, such as Collegium Vocale Gent eˢɌၤԯˢᅥ྆Аcς͌รݯ and the Freiburger Barockorchester together with whom he̟ےᅩݘ c૪ၰ̠ईནdࣵནdսᄨဍႫdୣʺऋʥ visits several European capitals this season, and modern؟ᄤ instrument orchestras in repertoire as diverse as Britten, eʌᅥտcˢੀეˀ̯ Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Stravinsky. Highlightsۂ༠ּӇਥ೩А̌ of his current season with Bach Collegium Japan include כෲȻఃਝᖚຝˮc˞ʥכʱႠ̀ᅥ྆ ᒚᄨဍؿடढ़ΛʥᎴᑩԓcɌ a visit to the Edinburgh International Festival as well asܞԕ .ʱቭ۩ᅥ྆d୩ᙬཋ̎۩ᅥෲᅥ྆ʥ performances in Tokyo of Handel’s Rinaldo and Messiahܞੀ He also conducts the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris and τؐɡན͚ᚊ the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Orchestraڬ྆೩ḛԞؿࠇ߬ˮ ᅥ྆dቮဍ̯͚ᚊᅥ྆dொऋɽෲᅥdʥᘣቭ˖ and Choir. Forthcoming engagements include the Boston ɣผਦᅥ྆೩೩e Symphony, the Melbourne Symphony, the Rotterdam Philharmonic and the Zurich Tonhalle. ,ಶᙠ፣ʱႠͲࡨ̀ᒄೄ Suzuki’s impressive discography on the BIS labelۂ౦ݯ%,6ː˃༻ ˀ̯ʱႠ̀ᅥ྆ۗʱႠࠇ߬ featuring Bach’s complete works for harpsichord and hisܞc˞ʥۂА ʥրઠჱ༩̒Ɋਜ਼ɣဥcԎི߮ interpretations of Bach’s major choral works and sacredۂА ѧιኬӡͶcιᐜᛎɁcᘰᅥിሌe࣮ર cantatas with Bach Collegium Japan (of which he has already completed over forty volumes of a project to record – ໃd the complete series) have brought him many critical plauditsڛɡంി༞iగ̋τདྷᚁcɷผɺˢؿ О፷ʥ˨Ҹ၀ु̨৽e The Times has written: “it would take an iron bar not to be moved by his crispness, sobriety and spiritual vigour”. ࣂ͛ݯဳࠓೄʥ̀ᒄೄעc༻˃ඏܞȿ Masaaki Suzuki combines his conducting career with ,ʸˮ́cԕᖚʥࠑᅥɣነଓพc his work as organist and harpsichordist. Born in Kobeुכࡼeˢ ճऋɽ he graduated from the Tokyo University of Fine Arts andځ֡ک܃࠳Аςʥဳࠓೄۗeˢ፭˚ Music with a degree in composition and organ performance כࠏಿКࠑᅥነ࠳ୌ̀ᒄೄʥဳࠓೄeˢ̌ ଊݯӡ˚ͨ cԎ and went on to study harpsichord and organ at the ԕᖚɣነι͓ξ౨ࠑᅥӡ Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. Founder and head of the early music department, he teaches at the Tokyoܞᓻ߁ቧɣነࠑᅥነdັᅥነ۪ͨ ઠc˞ʥ߁ቧነɡ྆ܞe University of the Arts. He is also Visiting Professor of Choral Conducting at the Yale School of Music and Yale α˂c༻˃࿘ᏵཕᄨਝᐲԄͳਝɊΥ Institute of Sacred Music and the conductor of Yale Schola Cantorum. ԯιగeٲ˞࿘ᙷቺc In April 2001, Suzuki was decorated with The Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic from Germany. ௗ͓ʼ Barnabás Kelemen ɩొೄ violin ͼˑСɩొೄࡼௗ͓ʼc˞ʨልؿࠑᅥc Hungarian violinist Barnabás Kelemen captivates the music ਝ world with ‘innate musicality’ and a technical executionכᇯం ၘΊ ʥӞؿҌ̝˞ that belongs ‘only to the greatest’ (The Guardian). With a c૪ၰ̀ࣂ౨Էଊˤ؟ᅥኋeˢؿς͌ᄤ repertoire that spans from classical to contemporary music, cҡ౦ˮСࣟແdഒ̛ࣟʥᚋ͉ҧಿ he has performed the Hungarian premières of works byۂА Ligeti, Schnittke and Gubaidulinav, as well as the world ވ˖ؿۂؿͼˑСࠖc˞ʥෑࣟАۂА ࠖe première of violin works by Kurtag. Kelemen has collaborated with the Royal Liverpool, Helsinki, ࣳdႠဍӺਥdᄮ̛ඣʥذࡼСޒௗ͓ʼ౦ၤ Munich, and Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestras, ୩ᙬཋ̎ෲᅥ೩АcɌၤ።ဍdடࢬd and performed with such esteemed conductors as Maazel, ฦጻʩਥdෙЃdࣦ೩ܞɣˮe Marriner, Janowski, Eötvös, and Fischer. He has performed ࡼࠑᅥᜨdۤࣟᄾʥ˺ժਥ in recitals in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wigmore HallޒճऋɽځכɌ .ࠑᅥᜨᐾϷዟۗผe and Carnegie Hall among others Future highlights include début with the London ͅʮݤʩ Philharmonic under the baton of Jurowski, and a tour ౨ؿࠇ߬ˮτi࠷ෲᅥࠖٶˢ ਥܞ dၤ̠༠ԣຝˀᅥ྆Ԁিˮ ͅ with the Budapest Festival Orchestra conducted by Fischer. ᐾϷዟۗผʥ He will also appear in recitals and chamber concerts̟ےᅩݘΛכ d˞ʥܞࣦ .ᅥࠑᅥผe throughout Europe۩ Kelemen’s diverse discography has received critical cᏵᅥിʥᅥ়ȹߎ acclaims, including a Diapason d’or with his recording of؟ௗ͓ʼؿːς͌ᄤ Ρിeԯɻּ̠ճɩొೄʥ፡ೄۗსςɣဥ Brahms’s Sonatas for Violin and Piano. His recording of ࠑɞɣᆉcϤˢؿңऋɩొೄʥ Liszt’s complete works for Violin and Piano was awardedټ࿘Ᏽؒਝ Ͳඑc͛࿘ᏵਝңऋԾผཕೕ the Grand Prix du Disque 2001 by the International Lisztۂ፡ೄА Society.