About the event
Get ready for Musical Fireworks — a dazzling evening of beloved melodies! Our roster of seventeen world-class festival musicians join together from around the globe to unite for a joyful display of cherished chamber music, performing masterpieces from Baroque elegance to Spanish dances and jazz tunes.
Expect fiery duets, colourful ensembles, and irresistible energy as they breathe fresh life into treasures from Handel to Gershwin — a sparkling celebration sure to leave you humming your favourite tunes all the way home.
Programme
HANDEL / HALVORSEN
Passacaglia for Violin and Viola
Yura Lee (violin), Timothy Ridout (viola)
WOLF
Italian Serenade
Simply Quartet
DELIBES
Flower Duet from Lakmé (arr. Julian Milone)
Stefan Jackiw (violin), Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Angela Chan (violin),Hannah Tam (violin), DaXun Zhang (bass)
GERSHWIN
It Ain’t Necessarily So (arr. Julian Milone)
Stefan Jackiw (violin), Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Angela Chan (violin),Hannah Tam (violin), DaXun Zhang (bass)
SHOSTAKOVICH
Galop from Cheremyushki (arr. Julian Milone)
Stefan Jackiw (violin), Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Angela Chan (violin),Hannah Tam (violin), DaXun Zhang (bass)
DVOŘÁK
Slavonic Dances Op. 72, No. 2 & 7
Michael Stephen Brown (piano), Serena Wang (piano)
SARASATE
Navarra, Op. 33
Cho-Liang Lin (violin), So-Ock Kim (violin), Serena Wang (piano)
TURINA
Escena andaluza, Op. 7
Timothy Ridout (viola), Michael Stephen Brown (piano), Simply Quartet
GRANADOS
Oriental from 12 Danzas Españolas (arr. Piatigorsky)
Gary Hoffman (cello), Michael Stephen Brown (piano)
CASSADÓ
Requiebros
Gary Hoffman (cello), Michael Stephen Brown (piano)
MONTI
Csárdás
Wenzel Fuchs (clarinet), Serena Wang (piano)
SHOSTAKOVICH
Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11
Stefan Jackiw (violin), So-Ock Kim (violin), Yura Lee (viola), Li-Wei Qin (cello), Simply Quartet