Preservation and Perpetuation of the ClassicsHong Kong Chinese Orchestra

In 2003, to celebrate its 25th anniversary, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra organized a global selection of ‘Golden Chinese Classics of the Century’ together with RTHK,eight major orchestras from the Mainland, Taiwan and Singapore, and music fans from all over the world. The result was an honour roll of ‘The Most Popular Chinese Musical Works of the 20th Century’. As a revival, Rupert Woo Pak Tuen, runner-up in the Second International Conducting Competition for Chinese Music, will conduct the HKCO, Hong Kong Young Chinese Orchestra and Huang Xiaoqing, first-prize winner of the Erhu Section in the 26th Taipei Chinese Instrumental Competition, to present to the audience today those first shortlisted works.

Song of Youth　Wong Ching-yin　(Commissioned by the HKCO / World Premiere)
The first movement: In Search of the Unknown
The second movement: Let Your Dreams Bloom
The third movement: Be Dauntless in Adversity
Performed by: Hong Kong Young Chinese Orchestra

Song of the Fishermen of the Eastern Sea　Ma Shenglong and Gu Guanren　Version Revised by Gu Guanren in 1978
Performed by: Hong Kong Young Chinese Orchestra

Northwest Suite No. 1 (Excerpts)　Tan Dun
The first section: God in Heaven Grants Us Sweet Rain
The second section: Rousing Games in the Bridal Chamber
The fourth section: Stone-slab Waist Drums
Performed by: Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra

Journey to Lhasa　Kuan Nai-chung
Performed by: The joint orchestra of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra and the Hong Kong Young Chinese Orchestra