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Helmuth Rilling conducts Mass in B minor

On August 22, 2011 By

I seldom write about the concert I attended when I am not a lay audience. But for the recent concert of Mass in B minor, there are two reasons that I take the liberty to make an exception.

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A Mahlerian October in Beijing

On August 12, 2011 By

The 2011 installment of Beijing Music Festival is seen on various websites, with information of the stellar international cast to play Gustav Mahler’s symphonies and Lieder in the coming October.

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Tickets of Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra gone at lightning speed

On August 11, 2011 By

The depressed global economy hasn’t shadowed Hong Kong buyer’s enthusiasms to the sole Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra concert in October. According to reliable sources directly from the queue this morning, the box opens and meets with a furious crowd and the top-price HK$2,000 (US$256) tickets are gone in some 30 minutes.

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Hong Kong Arts Festival announces 40th season

On July 28, 2011 By

The annual Hong Kong Arts Festival announces its 40th season which will run from January 28 to March 8, 2012.

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Szymanowski Third and Fourth Symphony on DVD

On July 16, 2011 By

This is perhaps the first release of the symphonies of the Polish symphonist Karol Szymanowski on DVD. At long last the mysterious, gigantic third symphony, also known as “Song of the Night,” is pictured.

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Vienna Philharmonic updates and HKPO new season

On May 31, 2011 By

The Hong Kong programme of the Vienna Philharmonic is announced.

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Gustav Mahler died, one hundred years ago

On May 18, 2011 By

On May 18, 1911, the world lamented the death of Gustav Mahler.

The New York Times reported, in a special cable next day, with the heading “Gustav Mahler dies in Vienna. Conductor of New York Philharmonic succumbs in his native land, as he desired.”

It also reads “[Mahler] is praised as one of [...]

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Live Mahler concert relays in May

On May 4, 2011 By

ARTE is streaming live on the internet eleven concerts from Europe, completing a cycle of Gustav Mahler’s symphonies.

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Radio series I am Lost to the World

On April 30, 2011 By

I am hosting a radio series I am Lost to the World on RTHK Radio 4 this May.

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Zhou Long and his 1977 class

On April 22, 2011 By

The news of Zhou Long winning the Pulitzer Prize for Music with the Madam White Snake is widely covered by local news and papers.

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