Collegium Musicum Hong Kong and Colleen Lee

Before the Steinway: Experience the Haunted 1849 Piano That Shocked the 19th Century

The Collegium Musicum Hong Kong and conductor Johnny Poon present The Possessed Piano—a night of gothic madness, historical secrets, and a thrilling battle of the pianos.

Acclaimed pianist Colleen Lee pulls double duty in an incredible sonic experiment, playing two entirely different instruments.

First, she tames the beast: a magnificent 1849 Érard Grand Piano making its historic Hong Kong debut. This is the legendary brand that inspired Hector Berlioz's wild horror story about a piano so demonically possessed by Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1 that it refused to stop playing—until it was chopped to pieces! You will hear the raw, authentic charm of 19th-century Industrial Revolution tech exactly as Mendelssohn intended.

Then, the ultimate contrast. Colleen switches to a sleek, modern Steinway Grand Piano to unleash the thunderous depth of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4—a masterpiece famously rescued from obscurity by Mendelssohn himself.

Kicking off with the stormy waves of Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture, this is a time-traveling musical face-off you cannot miss.

Programme:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
The Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 ("Fingal's Cave")

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

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