Musical annotations and programme notes

I have written a number of articles and annotations in print for classical music concerts and recordings, which were made available in Hong Kong and worldwide.

The list of music I have written include (many of which are in both English and Chinese, some are in either English or Chinese alone) :-

Arensky: Suite No. 1, Op. 15
Bach: French Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV815
Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G, BWV816
Bach: French Suite No. 6 in E, BWV817
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84
Beethoven: Romance No. 2 in F for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 50
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, “Pastoral”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C major, Op. 56
Bennett: Four Piece Suite: Divertimento for two pianos
Bernstein: Candide Overture
Borodin: Choir and Dance, from Prince Igor
Chen Gang: Sunshine on Tashkurgan
Chen Gang and He Zhanhao: Violin Concerto – The Butterfly Lovers
Chen Yi: Memory
Chen Yi: Romance of Hsiao and Ch’in
Chen Yi: Tibetan Tunes
Chou Wen-chung: The Willows are New
Chopin: Trois nouvelles etudes
Chopin: Twelve Etudes, Op. 10
Chopin: Twelve Etudes, Op. 25
Copland: A Lincoln Portrait
Dahl: Quodlibet on American Folk Tunes, “The Fancy Blue Devil’s Breakdown”
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Symphonic Picture
Glazunov: Chant du ménestrel, Op. 71
Glinka: La Séparation, Nocturne
Holst: The Planets, suite for large orchestra, Op. 32
Keuris: Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra
Kraft: Timpani Concerto No. 2, “XIII/The Grand Encounter”
Li Zili: Harvest Song of the Fisherman
Mozart: Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro, K492
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466
Mozart: Sonata in B flat major, K358
Prokofiev: Suite to Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
Rachmaninov: Suite No. 2, Op. 17
Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus, Concerto for birds and orchestra
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Ravel: Sonatine
Rubinstein: Melody, Op. 3/1
Scarlatti: Sonatas (selection)
Bright Sheng: Three Chinese Love Songs
Bright Sheng: Seven Tunes Heard in China
Tan Dun: Eight Memories in Watercolor
Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile, from String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11
Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet
Tchaikovsky: Nocturne, Op. 19/4
Tchaikovsky: Autumn Song, from Seasons, Op. 37a/10
Tchaikovsky: Song Without Word, from Souvenir de Hapsal, Op. 2/3
Tchaikovsky: Sweet Dream, from Album for the Young, Op. 39/21
Zhou Long: Taiping Drum
Zhou Long: Wu Kui
Zhou Long: Wild Grass

And I have written for these artists’ concerts and recordings (ordered alphabetically):-

Beethoven Orchestra Bonn
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Chorus
The City University of Hong Kong Orchestra
Laurence Dreyfus and Phantasm
Angela Hewitt
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Colleen Lee
Karl Lo
Louis Lortie
Manhattan–Hong Kong Festival
King’s College
Artem Konstantinov
Aristo Sham
Yim Wan

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