Vive la France – Woodwinds-Piano Concert

On 18 November 1881, the famous cabaret ‘Chat Noir’ opened in the Bohemian neighborhood of Montmartre in Paris. Like the popular café-concerts, it represented the artistic and social activity of a kind that brought together a fantastic mixture of writers and painters, musicians and politicians, employees and high-livers, as well as students and grand dames searching for exotic experiences. On the ‘chic day’ and Friday evening, people come for music, songs, theatrical sketches, or even shadow puppet shows with alcoholic beverage served. This event will bring you a cultural experience in the only cabaret in Hong Kong, with woodwinds and piano music by French composers Camille Saint-Saëns, Jacques Ibert, Jean Françaix and Francis Poulenc. Each work will be introduced in a short explanatory speech. Presented by woodwind quintet Viva! Pipers and Hong Kong pianist Poon Kiu-tung.