A Message from the Chief Executive Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

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3 A Message from the Chief Executive Hong Kong Special Administrative Region The Hong Kong Arts Festival is always a much anticipated event in our cultural calendar. Each year, the Festival presents top international and local artists in a wide range of programmes, adding to our reputation as Asia s world city. The Festival has grown to become an established and respected brand as well as an integral part of cultural life in Hong Kong. It complements the Government s efforts to create a vibrant and flourishing arts scene, and promote the development of cultural industries. I wish the 38 th Hong Kong Arts Festival continued success and audiences a memorable and enjoyable experience. Donald Tsang Chief Executive Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

4 A Message from the Chairman Hong Kong Arts Festival I warmly welcome you to the 38 th Hong Kong Arts Festival. As the preeminent event in Hong Kong s cultural calendar and a renowned arts festival regionally and internationally, the Festival presents celebrated world-class performances, prominent artists, as well as introduces rising stars and contemporary works. The presentation of these ambitious programmes and activities entail enormous organisation, as well as funding resources. This cannot be done without strong support from many quarters, and I would like to record our thanks to our main subventing organisations: the Hong Kong SAR Government through the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, and the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. In addition, we deeply appreciate the generous support of our corporate sponsors, foundations and donors, as well as the contributions of many organisations and individuals. Some of these contributions allow us to nurture young audiences by offering half price tickets through our Student Ticket Scheme, and make performances and events available to young persons in our Young Friends Scheme. Most of all, I want to thank you, our patrons and audience for your support and participation. You are the key to the Festival s success and I hope that your experience of the performances in the 2010 Festival will be both enriching and enjoyable. Charles Lee Chairman Hong Kong Arts Festival

5 A Message from the Executive Director Hong Kong Arts Festival It is a pleasure and privilege to welcome you to the 38 th Hong Kong Arts Festival. With close to 150 performances and events in major venues on both sides of the scintillating Hong Kong harbour and in some spaces somewhat off the beaten track as well this is a high energy, multi-faceted Festival, reflective of the diversity and pace of life in Hong Kong. This is also an upbeat Festival, in which many programmes are informed by a sense of possibility based on strong personal conviction. The Festival team is delighted to welcome the truly stellar international artists joining us in Hong Kong; and to be able to present the work of great local luminaries, some of whom are coming together in unprecedented collaborations for this Festival. Thank you for taking the time to join us. Your presence is greatly appreciated, and I hope that we can explore some new possibilities together in the course of the Festival. Enjoy! Tisa Ho Executive Director Hong Kong Arts Festival

6 Salute to Our Partners The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the Partners below for their generous sponsorship and support! MAJOR FUNDING BODY PRINCIPAL PATRON MAJOR SPONSORS CIC Investor Services Limited a subsidiary of Crédit Industriel et Commercial, France In alphabetical order of company name

7 A Message from the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra It is my great pleasure to welcome you to tonight s performance of Bruckner s Symphony No. 8, a monumental work that serves as the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra s entry into the 38 th Hong Kong Arts Festival. With my partnership with the Hong Kong Philharmonic now in its sixth season, I have been able to witness, first hand and with a great sense of pride, the remarkable development this 90-strong ensemble has worked so hard to achieve. From the Mahler 2 and 7 which were featured in our Arts Festival performances back in 2006 and 2007 respectively to this year s presentation of another great Austrian master s tour de force, I am certain those of you who have followed the Orchestra over the years will share both my excitement and admiration for this group of fine and dedicated musicians. One of the greatest symphonies in the 19 th century Austro-German Classics and the largest among Bruckner s completed symphonies, the Eighth achieves its expressive goals through the vastly expanded ensemble, giving a unique voice to creativity. By choosing this work, I would like to present to you a musical adventure of spiritual vastness, fertility of ideas and grandeur. It s an unforgettable voyage of 80 beautiful minutes you will come to enjoy. I wish you an enjoyable evening and many happy returns. Edo de Waart Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

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9 Edo de Waart s Bruckner 8 Apocalyptic Edo de Waart conductor Programme BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1890 Nowak version) Allegro moderato Scherzo. Allegro moderato Adagio. Feierlich langsam; doch nicht schleppend Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell 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.

10 The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HKPO) is one of Asia s leading orchestras. Enriching Hong Kong s cultural life for over a century, the Orchestra has grown into a formidable ensemble of Chinese and international talents in the last three decades, attracting world-class artists to perform on the same stage. HKPO annually touches the lives of 200,000 music lovers through more than 150 performances. Under the leadership of its internationally renowned conductor Edo de Waart, HKPO continues to scale new heights in musical excellence. The continuing cycle of Mahler symphonies and challenging programming outside the traditional repertoire, have become highly anticipated events as well as musical milestones for the Orchestra. Beethoven s Fidelio opera-inconcert and Mahler s Das Lied von der Erde are inarguably the major highlights of the 2009/10 season. Many great artists perform with the HKPO, from pianists Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Boris Berezovsky and Paul Lewis, violinist Sarah Chang to cellist Steven Isserlis. Last October, the audiences were thrilled with the performance of the HKPO under the baton of the legendary Gennadi Rozhdestvensky. From April 2006, The Swire Group Charitable Trust became the Hong Kong Philharmonic s Principal Patron, enabling Maestro de Waart s artistic vision for the Orchestra to be realized. Swire s sponsorship of the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the largest in the Orchestra s history, supports artistic growth and development as the Orchestra takes its place on the world stage, and brings performances of musical excellence to the widest possible public.

11 HKPO stays in tune with our city by presenting the orchestra in unexpected venues and bringing the excitement of the concert experience to every home through radio and television broadcasts. These included, the largest symphonic event of the year, Swire Symphony Under the Stars at Happy Valley. The Orchestra runs a comprehensive schools education programme, HSBC Insurance Creative Notes, bringing the joy of classical music to primary, secondary and special school kids, and once in a while, the Orchestra drops the formality of the classical concerts to crossover with Western and Chinese pop stars. The Orchestra also builds its reputation and raises its artistic standards by touring. In 2007/08 season, the Orchestra performed in the Shanghai Spring International Music Festival and the Beijing Music Festival. In 2009, the Orchestra undertook a major six-concert tour of China, including the Xinghai Concert Hall in Guangzhou, Beijing s National Centre for the Performing Arts and Shanghai Grand Theatre under the leadership of Maestro Edo de Waart. In February 2008, the Hong Kong Arts Development Council honoured the HKPO with the Arts Promotion Award, in recognition of its success in expanding its audience base and gaining public support in recent years. The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra is financially supported by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region SWIRE is the Principal Patron of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra is the Venue Partner of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre

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13 Edo de Waart is the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Renowned as an orchestral builder who has the enviable ability to transform his orchestras into world-class ensembles, Edo de Waart has held such distinguished positions as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Sydney Symphony and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Chief Conductor of the Netherlands Opera, as well as Music Director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony and Minnesota Orchestras. He has also taken up the Music Directorship of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra from the 2009/10 season. As an opera conductor, Edo de Waart has enjoyed success in many of the great opera houses of the world, including Covent Garden, Bayreuth, Bastille and the Metropolitan Opera. He has led highly regarded Wagner Ring Cycles in San Francisco and Sydney. He has conducted a series of critically acclaimed concert performances of Richard Stauss s Salome, Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier and Act I of The Valkyrie, as well as Puccini s Madama Butterfly with the Hong Kong Philharmonic. Maestro de Waart has received a number of awards for his outstanding achievements in music. He is a Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion and he was awarded the Order of Australia a reflection of his invaluable contribution to Australian cultural life during his decade with the Sydney Symphony. He was appointed an Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in recognition of his contribution to music internationally, and in particular, his commitment to developing future generations of musicians in Hong Kong.

14 Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C minor Allegro moderato Scherzo. Allegro moderato Adagio. Feierlich langsam; doch nicht schleppend Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell When Bruckner s Seventh Symphony received a tremendous ovation at its Leipzig première in 1884, it looked as if the tide had turned at last. Bruckner, now sixty, was enjoying his first taste of success after years of neglect, rejection the Vienna Philharmonic refused outright to play his first three symphonies and repeated failure. With this work, Bruckner found an important new champion in conductor Hermann Levi, who led the Munich première a few months later to great acclaim. Even Vienna, Bruckner s normally unsympathetic hometown, was won over by the new symphony: the composer was called to the stage four or five times after each movement. Success followed success as the symphony was performed in major music centers over the next several months. In October 1887 after more than three years of work Bruckner sent a brand new C minor symphony off to Hermann Levi, certain that he would agree that this was even more impressive than the Seventh Symphony and that he would be honored to conduct the first performance. But Levi did not know what to make of a work so vast and daring, and he sent word through Bruckner s student Josef Schalk that it needed to be rewritten. Bruckner was devastated Levi s rejection threw him completely off balance. The joys and successes of the previous three years were quickly forgotten, and the composer plunged into a serious depression. Bruckner had known crippling insecurity throughout his life, but he was now consumed by a new wave of doubt: unable to continue work on the projected symphony that would posthumously become his ninth, he began to rip apart the C minor symphony instead, and he also revamped several earlier works, including his first three symphonies. It can be argued that much of Bruckner s revision of his Eighth Symphony made for a better piece of music, but there is no telling how deeply he suffered in the process. Furthermore, if he had left the Eighth alone, he might have finished the Ninth.

15 Serious renovation of the Eighth Symphony began in March 1889, starting with the Adagio, and continued for the rest of the year. The comments Bruckner added to the last page of the score tell the tale: First movement finally revised from November 1889 to January Last note written on January 29 th. And then, Vienna, February 10 th, 1890, entirely finished. And still again, March 10 th, entirely finished. And even though the work actually was entirely finished at that point, Bruckner probably still didn t really believe it. The first performance was to take place in Mannheim, under the baton of Felix Weingartner, who began rehearsals in March Bruckner was apprehensive. How does it sound? he wrote from Vienna. I do recommend to you to shorten the finale severely as is indicated. It would be much too long and is valid only for later times and for a circle of friends and connoisseurs.... Weingartner got cold feet, and the première was canceled. The Eighth Symphony was finally performed for the first time in Vienna in December 1892, under Hans Richter. The critic Eduard Hanslick, who seldom had a good thing to say about Bruckner, wrote a predictable review, full of phrases like unrelieved gloom, but he also reported tumultuous acclamations, waving handkerchiefs, innumerous calls, laurel wreaths, and so forth. No doubt whatever, for Bruckner the concert was a triumph. Even Vienna had become a circle of friends and connoisseurs, much to Bruckner s surprise.

16 BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 The Viennese had never known what to make of Anton Bruckner, with his country manners, severe Prussian haircut, and perilously baggy suits. (Bruckner favoured wide pant legs because they made it easier to reach the organ pedals.) Beethoven, once mistakenly arrested as a vagrant, had already proved how little appearance has to do with musical greatness. But Bruckner was a more serious misfit in Viennese society. He lacked the necessary skill for chitchat, and when he spoke he often said the wrong thing. (When his idol, Wagner, died in 1883, he could barely string together two perfunctory sentences to send off to the composer s widow Cosima.) Music was his real language. When, at 67, he was named a doctor of philosophy at the University of Vienna, he told the rector magnificus : I cannot find the words to thank you as I would wish, but if there were an organ here, I could tell you. Bruckner s Eighth is the largest of his completed symphonies. It begins quietly, in the same rhythm that opens Beethoven s Ninth Symphony, although Beethoven would never have dreamed of starting so far from the symphony s announced key of C minor, nor would he have made the journey last so long. Getting used to the pace of a Bruckner symphony was hard even in leisurely 19 th century Vienna, where stopping for afternoon coffee sometimes actually took all afternoon. There are first movements by Beethoven as long as this one, but they are so full of energy and so tightly packed with events that they pass like lightning. Bruckner writes music that takes its time and demands that we submit ours to it. He would not understand the person who, finding himself in a great Gothic cathedral, buys a postcard rather than take the thirty-minute tour. (He never tired of standing in the great transept at Saint Florian, the towering masterpiece of baroque architecture just down the road from his birthplace.)

17 The first movement of Bruckner s Eighth Symphony suggests the architecture of sonata form three big themes are exhibited, developed in a masterful way, and returned later somehow fresher for the experience. At the beginning, Bruckner approaches C minor from the odd perspective of B-flat minor and then settles into a series of holding patterns from which C minor is visible but not yet accessible. There is a powerful stillness at the center of Bruckner s music, something for which Beethoven and even Wagner have not prepared us. The development section, for example, begins from a point of almost total silence and inertia, and Bruckner generates momentum slowly. A number of big, brassy climaxes merely collapse, as if from a loss of nerve. After the last flare of chords, the music stops, leaving a few desolate reminders of previous themes and the repeated beat of the timpani. Bruckner called this the Totenuhr, the clock in a room where someone is dying a deathwatch. Bruckner did not explain why he placed the powerful, driven scherzo next, contrary to custom, and one cannot guess his plan until he lays out the extraordinary expanse of an adagio just before the finale. The scherzo, in the meantime, is brilliant dance music of the most serious kind, achieved by ingenious repetition and a bold use of color. The trio, in contrast, is lyrical, tender, reflective, and delicately scored (Bruckner uses the harp here and in the following Adagio for the only time in his career). The Viennese who sat spellbound by this great, noble Adagio surely never looked at Bruckner the same way again. They must have been shocked that this undistinguished man, utterly at a loss in the world they so stylishly inhabited, understood things which can not be put into words. Perhaps this is the music Dr Adolf Exner, the rector of the University of Vienna, had in mind, when, bestowing the honorary doctorate on Bruckner in 1891, he said:

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19 BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 Where science must come to a halt, where its progress is barred by insurmountable barriers, there begins the realm of art, which knows how to express that which will ever remain a closed book to scientific knowledge. The Adagio, the longest slow movement in symphonic music at the time, is one of Bruckner s most remarkable creations, and it strides confidently into a world where music rarely ventures. Bruckner had little to say about this eloquent and expressive music, having said it all in the notes on the page, but he did admit to occasional echoes of the Siegfried leitmotif from Wagner s Ring of the Nibelung. Bruckner shakes us firmly by the shoulders at the start of the finale and then launches a fierce and powerful theme for the brass. From there the finale moves steadily, but not without difficulty, toward the moment when C major slowly emerges. A number of episodes and themes intervene, including a warmly lyrical melody in the strings and an eloquent chorale tune. The music frequently comes to a total stop, not from inertia, but to gather strength. As Bruckner himself once told conductor Artur Nikisch: I must take breath when I am about to say something of importance. Finally the horns, remembering the opening notes of the scherzo, announce the imminent arrival of C major. That moment is crowned by the simultaneous reappearance of the main themes of all four movements, which blend together, united at last by the notes of the C major scale. Phillip Huscher is the program annotator for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Comments 2009 by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission.

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22 Music Grows Stronger with Your Giving to Annual Fund/Student Ticket Fund () # # The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra is a non-profit making organisation and you can help us by making a donation. Annual Fund # enable us to continue to reach artistic excellence and conduct education outreach programmes. Student Ticket Fund # help to subsidise half-price student tickets and benefit all full-time local students in Hong Kong. Support your orchestra and at the same time you can enjoy tax deduction. 3,000 #HK$100 As a token of our appreciation, for donors giving over HK$3,000 Acknowledgement in our House Programmes Invitation to attend our Annual Donors Concert 15% discount on HKPO concert tickets Attend Classic Insights Concerts and pre-concert talks Regular updates on HKPO news and concert information # Tax deductible for donation over HK$ /10 HKPO Annual Fund & Student Ticket Fund Reply Form / I am / Our company is pleased to become a Gold Patron HK$100,000 and or over Silver Patron HK$50,000 HK$99,999 Bronze Patron HK$30,000 HK$49,999 Ruby Patron HK$10,000 HK$29,999 Jade Patron HK$5,000 HK$9,999 Pearl Patron HK$3,000 HK$4,999 Crystal Patron under HK$3,000 Donation : Annual Fund HK$ Student Ticket Fund HK$ Acknowledge as : () (English) Donor s Information : Name : Company : Address : Tel : Donation method : By Mail Donation by crossed cheque made payable to The Hong Kong Philharmonic Society Ltd. Please send the cheque to The Hong Kong Philharmonic Society Limited, Level 8, Administration Building, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. By Credit Cardplease fax to VISA MasterCard American Express Cardholder s Name : Credit Card Number : Valid Until : Cardholder s Signature : For donations or other sponsorship schemes enquiries, please contact Miss Ruby Pang of Development Department. Tel: ruby.pang@hkpo.com Fax :

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24 Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra First Violins PHOTO Bobby Lee John Harding Concertmaster Leung Kin-fung First Associate Concertmaster Wong Sze-hang Second Associate Concertmaster Zhu Bei Third Associate Concertmaster Edo de Waart Artistic Director & Chief Conductor Maestro s Chair endowed by The Octavian Society & Y.S. Liu Foundation Mao Hua Cheng Li Ba Wenjing Gui Li Long Xi Mao Yiguo Rachael Mellado Ni Lan PHOTO Lawrence Chan Wang Liang Christine Wong Kar-yee # # Xu Heng Zhang Xi Perry So Zhou Tengfei Assistant Conductor (Education and Community Programmes) Second Violins Fan Ting Leslie Ryang Moon-sun Katrina Rafferty-Ma Miyaka Suzuki Tomoko Tanaka Mao Cheng Chi-man Ricardo de Mello Fang Jie # # Musician s Chair endowed by Societe Generale Private Banking PHOTOS Cheung Chi Wai & Keith Hiro Gallant Ho Ka-chun Russell Kan Wang-to Mo Kwok-fai Martin Poon Ting-leung

25 Second Violins Alisa Yan Yuqing * * Ke Xue * * Liu Fang-xi * * Wang Yue Violas Andrew Ling Kaori Wilson Li Ming Alice Rosen Cui Hong-wei Fan Yan Ethan Heath Jonathan Kim William Lane Pak Ming Sun Bin Wang Jun * * Fan Xing * *Zhang Shu-ying Cellos Richard Bamping Fang Xiaomu Dora Lam Chen Yi-chun + + Anna Kwan Ton-an Chan Ngat Chau Cheung Ming-yuen Timothy Frank Li Ming-lu Yalin Song * * Li Cheng Double Basses Jeffrey Lehmberg Jiang Xinlai Feng Rong Samuel Ferrer Principal Acting Principal Co-Principal Assistant Principal + + Musician s Chair endowed by C. C. Chiu Memorial Fund George Lomdaridze Philip Powell Jonathan Van Dyke * * Fellows of The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Orchestral Fellowship Scheme

26 Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra Flutes Piccolo Megan Sterling Olivier Nowak Linda Stuckey Oboes Cor Anglais Michael Wilson Ruth Bull Christopher Chen Clarinets Bass Clarinet Andrew Simon John Schertle Michael Campbell Bassoons Contra Bassoon Kam Shui Vance Lee Adam Treverton Jones Horns Mark Vines Lisa Rogers Chow Chi-chung Natalie Lewis Homer Lee Siu-lam Marc Gelfo Trumpets Trombones Jonathan Clarke Christopher Moyse Douglas Waterston Jarod Vermette Maciek Walicki Bass Trombone Tuba Timpani Michael Priddy Paul Luxenberg James Boznos Percussion Harp Keyboard Shaun Tilburg Raymond Leung Wai-wa Sophia Woo Shuk-fai Christopher Sidenius Shirley Ip Extra players Double Bass Horn Guest Principal Trumpet Trombone Hennessy Ng Tom Redmond Timothy Summers Hani Molles Colin Oldberg Benjamin Pelletier

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28 Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra HONORARY PATRON The Chief Executive The Hon Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, GBM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Mr Y S Liu Chair BOARD OF GOVERNORS Mr Y S Liu Chairman Mr Chung Shui-ming, GBS, JP Vice-Chairman Ms Joanne Chan Mrs Michelle Ong Cheung Mr Glenn Fok Mr Lam Woon-kwong, GBS, JP Dr Lilian Leong, BBS, JP Prof Liu Ching-chih Mr Daniel Ng Yat-chiu Mr Nicholas Sallnow-Smith Mr Benedict Sin Nga-yan Mr Jack C K So, JP Mr Stephan Spurr Sir David Tang, KBE Mr Kenny Wong Kam-shan Mr David Zacharias ENDOWMENT TRUST FUND BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mr Chung Shui-ming, GBS, JP Chair Mr Lam Woon-kwong, GBS, JP Mr Y S Liu Mr Daniel Ng Yat-chiu HONORARY ADVISERS Prof Chan Wing-wah, JP Dr the Hon Marvin Cheung, OBE, SBS, JP Mr Vincent Chow Wing-shing, MBE, JP Ms Pansy Ho Chiu-king Mr Hu Fa-kuang, GBS, CBE, JP Lady Kadoorie Dr Ronald Leung, OBE, JP Mr Shum Choi-sang, SBS, OBE, MA, JP Ms Ada Wong Ying-kay, JP The Hon Sir T. L. Yang, GBM, JP Mr Chung Shui-ming, GBS, JP Mr Daniel Ng Yat-chiu Mr Jack C K So, JP Mr Stephan Spurr FINANCE COMMITTEE Mr Chung Shui-ming, GBS, JP Chair Mr Glenn Fok Mr Y S Liu Mr Nicholas Sallnow-Smith Mr Benedict Sin Nga-yan Mr Kenny Wong Kam-shan Mr Robert T. Wong FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE Mr Daniel Ng Yat-chiu Chair Mrs Janice Choi Ms Winnie Chiu Ms Tasha Lalvani Vice-Chair Ms Chou Tung Lap Mao Mr Peter Siembab Mr Jack C K So, JP DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Mr Stephan Spurr Chair Ms Joanne Chan Prof David Gwilt, MBE Mr Warren Lee Dr Lilian Leong, BBS, JP Mr Y S Liu Sir David Tang, KBE Mr Mark Vines

29 MANAGEMENT Mr So Hau Leung Chief Executive MARKETING Mr Paul Tam Director of Marketing Ms Rida Chan Executive Secretary Ms Elaine Kwee Marketing Manager (Concert Promotions) ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION Ms Mio Margarit Chow Artistic Administrator Mr Nick Chan Senior Marketing Communications Officer Miss Michelle Wong Assistant Manager (Artist Liaison) Miss Natalie Wong Marketing Communications Officer Mr Jason Wan Artistic Administration Assistant Ms Tiphanie Chan Publications Editor DEVELOPMENT Ms Angela Hui Director of Development Ms Edith Ng Development Manager Miss Kary Hon Assistant Development Manager Miss Ruby Pang Assistant Development Manager FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION Ms Angel Woo Head of Finance and Administration Miss Natalie Ting Education and Outreach Coordinator Miss Alice Luk Corporate Communications Officer Miss Alice Lam Customer Service Officer ORCHESTRA AND OPERATIONS Mr Luke Shaw Head of Orchestra and Operations Mr Ambrose Yeung Orchestra Personnel Manager Mr Steven Chan Stage Manager Mr Homer Lee Finance Manager Miss Betty Ho Librarian Mr Alex Kwok Assistant Manager, Finance and Administration Miss Vanessa Chan Assistant Manager (Orchestra and Operations) Miss Cherish Cheung Human Resources Manager Miss Christy Law Music Administration Intern Miss Vonee So Senior Officer, Finance & Administration Mr So Kan Pong Transportation Officer (Musical Instruments) Miss Pamela Chan Receptionist Mr Sammy Leung Office Assistant Mr Andrew Li Manager, IT & Projects Contact us Level 8, Administration Building, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Kowloon, Hong Kong Tel: Fax:

30 ClubMaestro Club Maestro is established for the business community and individuals who are fond of symphonic music. It aims at supporting the long-term development of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and enriching cultural life. We heartily thank the following Club Maestro members. PLATINUM MEMBERS David M. Webb webb-site.com DIAMOND MEMBERS Mr Wilfred Ng MH, JP EMERALD MEMBERS PEARL MEMBERS Mr Peter Siembab Miss Aliena Wong In alphabetical order of company name

31 Thank You for Your Support The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra would like to express our gratitude to the following corporations and individuals for their generous support. CHAIR ENDOWMENT FUND The Maestro s Chair endowed by The Octavian Society Limited Y.S. Liu Foundation The Musician s Chair endowed by C.C. Chiu Memorial Fund Societe Generale Private Banking ANNUAL FUND Gold Patron >HK$100,000 Hsin Chong International Holdings Ltd Kerry Holdings Ltd Ruby Patron HK$10,000 HK$29,999 Ms Vivien C C Chan Mrs Anna Chen Mr Cheung Ngai Sing Mr Edwin Choy Dr & Mrs Carl Fung Gloss Mind Sports International Ltd Mr & Mrs Kenneth H C Fung Dr & Mrs Wayne Hu Mr & Mrs Ko Ying Mr & Mrs Fung Shiu Lam Dr Lee Kin Hung Dr Lilian Leong, BBS, JP Mr Lawrence Mak Dr Mak Lai Wo Mrs Anna Marie Peyer Mr Peter Siembab Mr Stephen Tan Tin Ka Ping Foundation Dr Tsao Yen Chow Wang Family Foundation Mr Wong Po Yan Mr & Mrs Y S Wong Mr David Yee Kwan Yam Silver Patron HK$50,000 HK$99,999 Mr & Mrs E Chan Mr & Mrs Lowell & Phyllis Chang Mr & Mrs Leung Lit On Jade Patron HK$5,000 HK$9,999 Anonymous Mr Barry John Buttifant Dr Edmond Chan Mr Jan Leung & Ms Emily Chow Mr & Mrs Michael & Angela Grimsdick Dr William Ho Mr Maurice Hoo Ms Teresa Hung Ms Li Shuen Pui Agnes Dr John Malpas Dr & Mrs Pang Wing Fuk Mr Poon Chiu Kim Raymond The Hon Mr Justice William Stone Ms Carley Shum & Mr Jeff Szeto Mr Tsunehiko Taketazu Mr & Mrs Ivan Ting Ms Cindy Tse Bronze Patron HK$30,000 HK$49,999 Mr & Mrs David Fried Mr Fred William Scholle Ms Tse Chiu Ming Pearl Patron HK$3,000 HK$4,999 Anonymous Mr Chan Hung Yuen Robert Mr Cheng Kwan Ming Ms Eva Cheng Mr Cheung Yiu Tong Mr Cheung Tak Lung Mr Chow Ping Wah Dr Affandy Hariman Ms Gloria Ho Ms Hu Shu Mr Toru Inaoka Dr Kwan Yat Wah Mike Ms Liu Ying Mr Joseph Pang Miss Lily Poon Man Nei Dr Paul Tat Ming Shea Mr So Shu Wing Vincent Mr Eric M S Tsang Ms Tsang Kwai Fong Ms Tse Wai Shun Susan Mr Wu Chi Kong

32 Thank You for Your Support The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra would like to express our gratitude to the following corporations and individuals for their generous support. STUDENT TICKET FUND Gold Patron >HK$100,000 Hang Seng Bank Zhilan Foundation Silver Patron HK$50,000 HK$99,999 Kerry Holdings Limited Shun Hing Education and Charity Fund Bronze Patron HK$30,000 HK$49,999 Mr & Mrs Alan Leong Ruby Patron HK$10,000 HK$29,999 Dr & Mrs Chan Kow Tak Mr David Chiu Ms Doreen Lee Dr Thomas W T Leung Lo Kar Foon Foundation Mr David Yee Kwan Yam Mr & Mrs Ko Ying Dr M T Geoffrey Yeh Jade Patron HK$5,000 HK$9,999 Anonymous (2) Mr Ian D Boyce Mr Chan Ka Kui Mrs Anna Chen Mr Chu Ming Leong Dr Chung See Yuen Dr & Mrs Kwan Ka Hung Lok Yu Kim Ching Memorial Fund Long Hin Creative International Ltd Mr Wong Kong Chiu Pearl Patron HK$3,000 HK$4,999 Ms Deborah Biber Capital Well Investment Limited Mr Chan Hung Yuen Robert Mrs K L Chan Ms Catherine Mo Wah Chau Mr Chen Chien Hua Ms Katherine Cheung Professor David Clarke Mr Fok Wing Huen Mr Alex Fung & Mrs Hanne Froseth-Fung Mr Fung Wai Hing Mr & Mrs Phyllis & Adolf Ho Item Industries Ltd Mr & Mrs Henry & Angelina Lee Dr Lee Shu Wing Ernest Mr Leung Cheuk Yan Mr Alex Li Mr Richard Li & Joe Joe Mr Lo Cheung On, Andrew Mr Lui Wing Chiu Mr Ray Luk Mr Mak Fai Shing Mr & Mrs John & Coralie Otoshi Oxford Success (Overseas) Ltd Mr Shum Choi Sang Ms Ophelia Tam Mr Tony Tsoi Dr Dominic S W Wong, GBS,OBE,JP Zennon & Pierre Company Limited EDUCATION PROGRAMME SUPPORTER Drs. Richard Charles and Esther Yewpick Lee Charitable Foundation The Hongkong Bank Foundation The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited

33 ENDOWMENT TRUST FUND The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust The Hongkong Bank Foundation The Hongkong Land Group Citibank. NA Jardine. Matheson & Company Ltd The Tung Foundation The Endowment Trust Fund was set up in 1983 with these initial sponsors. PAGANINI PROJECT Donated by Mr Patrick Wang Emile Germaine (1907) Violin, played by Ms Tomoko Tanaka Mao Donated by Mr Lowell Chang Lockey Hill (c.1800) Violin, played by Mr Wang Liang Donated by Mr Po Chung Dawne Hadded (1991) Violoncello, played by Mr Cheung Ming-yuen Donated by Mr Laurence Scofield Ansaldo Poggi (1910) Violin, played by Ms Zhang Xi This project is initiated and organizated by Business for Art Foundation. INSTRUMENTAL DONATION Donated by The Ladies Committee of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Society Rare instruments donated Enrico Rocca (1902) Violin, played by Mr Cheng Li Jean Baptiste Vuillaume (1866) Violin, played by Ms Bei Zhu, Third Associate Concertmaster Joseph Gagliano (1788) Violin, played by Mr Wong Sze-hang, Second Associate Concertmaster Cario Antonio Testore (1736) Violin, played by Mr Ni Lan Other instruments donated in support of the Instrument Upgrade and Echancement Project Two German Rotary Trumpets A set of Wagner Tubas A Flugelhorn

34 PATRON The Honourable Donald Tsang Yam-kuen HONORARY LIFE PRESIDENT Sir Run Run Shaw EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Chairman Mr Charles Y K Lee, GBM GBS JP Vice Chairman The Hon Rafael S Y Hui, GBM GBS JP Honorary Treasurer Mr Billy Li Members The Hon Ronald Arculli, CVO GBS OBE JP Professor David Gwilt, MBE Mr Daniel Ng Mr Victor Cha Mr Iain Bruce Ms Nikki Ng The Hon Mr Justice Ribeiro Mr James Riley Ms Gilly Wong Mr Joseph Yam, GBM JP PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Chairman The Hon Rafael S Y Hui, GBM GBS JP Vice Chairman Professor David Gwilt, MBE Members Professor Lo King-man, MBE JP Mr Fredric Mao, BBS Mr Tam Wing-pong, SBS JP Ms Jue Yao Mr Daniel Ng Mr Peter C L Lo Mr Giorgio Biancorosso Honorary Programme Advisors Mr Douglas Gautier Dr Peter Hagman International Programme Consultant Mr Joseph Seelig FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Chairman Mr Billy Li Member Mr Nelson Leong DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Chairman Mr Victor Cha Vice Chairman Mrs Leong Yu-san Members Mrs Igna Dedeu Ms Deborah Biber Ms Peggy Liao Mr Tsim Tak Lung, JP Ms Whang Hwee Leng ADVISORS Mr Martin Barrow, GBS CBE JP Mr Thomas Kwok, SBS JP Dr The Hon David K P Li, GBM GBS JP Mrs Mona Leong, SBS BBS MBE JP HONORARY SOLICITOR Stevenson, Wong & Co AUDITOR PricewaterhouseCoopers HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL TRUST Chairman Mr Angus H Forsyth Trustees Mr Darwin Chen, SBS ISO Mrs Mona Leong, SBS BBS MBE JP Mr John C C Chan, GBS JP

35 STAFF Executive Director Tisa Ho PROGRAMME Programme Director Grace Lang Programme Managers So Kwok-wan Linda Yip Programme Coordinator Michelle Tong Programme Officer Leung Wai-ting MARKETING Marketing Director Katy Cheng Marketing Manager Alexia Chow Assistant Marketing Manager Michelle Yeung DEVELOPMENT Development Director Antony J Chan Assistant Development Manager Alex So ACCOUNTS Accountant Katharine Chan Accounts Clerk Bonia Wong ADMINISTRATION Outreach Coordinator Jess Lam Outreach Officer Shirley So Stage Managers Catherine Cheng Ha Yan-pui Kan Kwan Lee Cham-kau Leo Siu Production Assistant Yuen Kin-man PUBLICATION Editor Daisy Chu English Editor Harold Yeo Assistant Editor Juliet Tai MARKETING Assistant Marketing Managers Gigi Chang Ruskin Leung Assistant Marketing Manager (Ticketing) Eppie Leung Ticketing Officer Catherine Kwan Marketing Assistant Zia Fan Customer Services Officers Eing Chan Stephanie Cheng Grace Put Tiffin Shing Executive Secretary Carmen Chu Receptionist/Junior Secretary Virginia Li Office Assistant Tony Cheng STAFF (CONTRACT) DEVELOPMENT Assistant Development Manager Eunice Chan ADMINISTRATION Office Assistant Lam Chi-wai PROGRAMME Logistics Manager Elvis King Production Managers Liu Cheuk-leung Roy Leung Programme Coordinator Ian Leung Contact us Room 1205, 12th Floor, 2 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong Tel: Fax: ,

36 Acknowledgement The Hong Kong Arts Festival would like to express our gratitude to the following sponsors and media partner for their support. FESTIVAL OPENING SPONSOR FESTIVAL FINALE SPONSOR CREDIT SUISSE EMERGING ARTISTS SERIES SPONSOR PROGRAMME SPONSORS The British Council ExxonMobil Companies in Hong Kong Financial Times HKR International Limited Dr Stanley Ho Hopewell Holdings Limited Morgan Stanley The MUSE Magazine Shun Hing Group Sino Group Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund MEDIA PARTNER South China Morning Post Publishers Limited PATRON S CLUB Platinum Members Chouraqui Foundation Kerry Holdings Limited Sarasin Rabo Investment Management Limited Gold Members Bank of America Merrill Lynch Henry G Leong Estates Limited Jardine Matheson Limited SHINEWING (HK) CPA Limited Silver Members HSBC Global Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited Shanghai Commercial Bank Limited The Swire Group Charitable Trust Bronze Member Fontana Enterprises Limited

37 STUDENT TICKET SCHEME Platinum Donors >HK$120,000 Anonymous CYMA Charity Fund Limited Hang Seng Bank HSBC Zhilan Foundation Diamond Donors HK$60,000 - HK$119,999 Lee Hysan Foundation Mr & Mrs Alan Leong Gold Donors HK$10,000 - HK$59,999 Anonymous Dr Chan Kow Tak Mr & Mrs Paul & Ann Chen Sir Kenneth Fung Ping Fan Foundation Trust I Mr & Mrs Kenneth HC Fung Mr Maurice Hoo Mr & Mrs Lincoln Leong Nathaniel Foundation Limited Ms Caroline Y Pang Mr Andrew & Mrs Lily Riddick Ms Edith Shih & Mr Stephen Sun Mr Stephen Tan Tin Ka Ping Foundation Mr William To Dr Tsao Yen Chow Mr Wong Yick Kam Mr & Mrs Y S Wong Mr David Yam Mr & Mrs Gabriel C M Yu Silver Donors HK$5,000 - HK$9,999 Anonymous Achilles Physiotherapy Centre Mr Au Son Yiu Ms Deborah Biber Miss Vina Cheng Dr Chung See Yuen Mr William Henderson Ho Iu Kwong Charity Foundation Limited Mr & Mrs David S L Lin Dr Mak Lai Wo Mr & Mrs Vernon Moore Ms Nam Kit Ho Ms Pearl Chow & Mr Arthur Ng Mr William So Wai Ki Mr & Mrs John & Anthea Strickland Mr Samuel & Mrs Amy Wang Bronze Donors HK$2,500 - HK$4,999 nonymous Carol Bateman School of Dancing Ltd Mr Samuel Chan Lok Sang Mr Chow Ping Wah Cultural Strategies Ltd Mr Bill Fong KC Mr and Mrs A R Hamilton The Helena May Mr Kelvin Koo Ms Orasa Livasiri Mr Luk Chung Ping Mr Mak Chung Hang John & Coralie Otoshi Mr Neil Frederick Pryde William Stork and Jasmine Wong Ms Woo Sau Ha Mr Wong Nai Hay Mr Desmond Yu NEW WORKS SCHEME Innovation Donors Anonymous Mr Max Burger Ms Tabitha Chiu Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Co Ltd CompliancePlus Consulting Limited Ms Hung Ling Wah Mr Kelvin Koo Miss Lo Sin Ying Dr Lui Ming Wah Ms Mao Yibing Mr Neil Mowbray Mr Frederico Rato Mrs Maria Margarida Rato Ms Sabrina So Mr Stephen Tan Ms Wong Yee Mr Wong Yick Kam Mr & Mrs Y S Wong Miss Yim Chui Chu Imagination Donors Asian Artworks Gallery Ms Yannis Au Mr Scott Blanchard Mr Paul Bowron Mr Chan Wai Bun Miss Nicola Cheah Mr Tommaso Cotroneo Mr Vincent Fung Miss Betty Hung Pik Yi Kim Sum Cantonese Opera Association Mr Irving Koo Miss Liu Siaw Lin Mrs Jackaline McPhie Mr Oliver Nighjoy Mrs Dinusha Panditaratne Ms Belinda Poon Ka Mun Mr Michael Poon Chung Mo Mr Ron Zwiers

38 FEATURED CONCERT Unfinished Symphony 10 Mar 2010 Wed 8pm HK City Hall Concert Hall HK$240 $180 $140 $100 John Harding, conductor/director Long Xi, second violin Wang Jun, viola Richard Bamping, cello Fang Xiaomu, cello An all-schubert programme Marche Militaire, D733 No. 1 Symphony No. 8 Unfinished String Quartet in C, D956 FEATURED CONCERT Swire New Generation: When Jing meets Perry 20 Mar 2010 Sat 8pm Tsuen Wan Town Hall Auditorium 21 Mar 2010 Sun 3pm HK City Hall Concert Hall HK$240 $180 $140 $100 Perry So, conductor Zhao Jing, cello Programme KODÁLY Galanta dances SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1 BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 Register as our online member for free at to receive our latest news.

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