Weekend Yard Music

General

Nowadays, the confines of Tai Kwun’s Prison Yard no longer detain and restrain – it has become a platform for budding talents to express and flourish, complete with autumn breeze and gentle birdsongs.

In a collaboration with The Orchestra Academy Hong Kong (TOA), the outdoor concert stage for Prison Yard Festival turns into a musical haven during the Festival weekend for promising young musicians from TOA to curate free Weekend Yard Music mini-programmes that resonate with the Festival’s overarching theme.

Simply drop by during weekend afternoons and be delighted by the fresh artistic perspectives and outstanding musicianship of TOA musicians in the cozy, welcoming environment of our Prison Yard!

Programme

26.11.2023 | 2pm

Darius Milhaud | Les Rêves de Jacob, Op. 294

Corea-Kenneth Sze Yu-hey | Children’s Songs: No. 1, 3, 4 & 6
Performed by Calvin Cheng Ho-chung (Violin), Joshua Chan Chak-him (Viola), Shawn Tam (Cello), Yvonne Chan Yui-woon (Double Bass) and Cecilia Wan Lok-yu (Oboe)

26.11.2023 | 3pm

Sergei Prokofiev | Quintet in G minor, Op. 39
Performed by Zheng Yang^ (Violin), Joshua Chan Chak-him (Viola), Yvonne Chan Yui-woon (Double Bass), Julian Wan Leuk-jo* (Oboe) and Fong Shing* (Clarinet)

Russell Peterson | Quintet for Alto Saxophone and Strings
Performed by Zheng Yang^, Calvin Cheng Ho-chung (Violin), Joshua Chan Chak-him (Viola), Shawn Tam (Cello) and Jacky Leung (Alto saxophone)

26.11.2023 | 4pm

Debussy-Alice Hui Ka-ching | Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (arranged for wind quintet)
Performed by Alice Hui Ka-ching (Flute), Julian Wan Leuk-jo* (Oboe), Fong Shing* (Clarinet), So Lo-ling (Bassoon), Rainbow Sun Xijun (Horn) and Yvonne Chan (Double Bass)

Astor Piazzolla | Selections from Histoire du Tango
Performed by Alice Hui Ka-ching (Flute) and Sunny Ho Tze-fai (Marimba)

Ivan Trevino | Song Book Vol. 3
Performed by Alice Hui Ka-ching (Flute), Julian Wan Leuk-jo* (Oboe), Fong Shing* (Clarinet), So Lo-ling (Bassoon), Rainbow Sun Xijun (Horn) and Sunny Ho Tze-fai (Percussion)

* The Orchestra Academy Hong Kong Fellow
^ Guest player

Biography

The Orchestra Academy Hong Kong

The Orchestra Academy Hong Kong is the first joint programme co-directed by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) and the School of Music of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA), funded by “TrustTomorrow” of The Swire Group Charitable Trust (Swire Trust) with a promising sponsorship of approximately HK$9 million over a 3-year period. The programme, consisting of two schemes namely Fellowship Programme and Young Pro Platform, aims at enhancing professional training for distinguished graduates from HKAPA’s School of Music and facilitating their career development in the orchestral field. Those who are admitted to The Orchestra Academy will contribute their talents to servicing the community through volunteering opportunities.

Weekend Yard Music

Prison Yard Festival: Music from within

West to east meanderings

Ligeti 100

Beethoven by Moonlight