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Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn
08 - 10.11.2019
\r\n\r\nTime | (08.11) 7:30pm; (09 - 10.11) 5pm
\r\nLocation | Prison Yard
\r\nTicket | (08.11) $580, $380; (09 - 10.11) $480, $300
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Programming Changes and Ticketing Arrangement
\r\n\r\n- the performance on 8 Nov (Fri) will start at 7:30pm as scheduled
\r\n- the performances on 9 Nov (Sat) and 10 Nov (Sun) will be rescheduled from 7:30pm to 5pm.
For ticket holders, please contact the Ticketflap ticketing email: contact@ticketflap.com (Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm) to change tickets to other performance dates (subject to availability) or to apply for a refund. Programme details: www.taikwun.hk/projektberlin/
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For three nights in November, the Prison Yard becomes Hong Kong’s newest and most unusual concert venue for the performances by the renowned Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn (WKO), one of Germany’s most established ensembles. The three programmes, though exploring vastly contrasting moments of Berlin’s history, all share their starting point in a fascinating historical event which took place in May 1747, when the elderly JS Bach was summoned to the palace of Frederick the Great of Prussia. Bach was invited to improvise on a meandering theme written by the King. He rose to the challenge immediately, and took the theme much further, putting the original theme through a series of musical metamorphoses, and finishing A Musical Offering, a gift for the King in the following weeks.
\r\n\r\nThe three evenings feature renowned soloists alongside WKO, performing the most exquisite musical masterpieces by JS Bach, CPE Bach, Mendelssohn, R Strauss and more.
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8.11.2019 | Joy, Despair and Redemption
\r\n\r\n| JS BACH | \r\nThe Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Ricercar a 3 | \r\n
| JS BACH/REGER | \r\nO Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, BWV 622 | \r\n
| MENDELSSOHN | \r\nString Octet (string orchestra version) | \r\n
| – 20-minute interval – | \r\n|
| R STRAUSS | \r\nMetamorphosen | \r\n
| DVOŘÁK | \r\nNocturne in B major, Op. 40 | \r\n
Conductor: Case Scaglione
\r\nHarpsichord: Irina Zahharenkova
\r\nFlute (off-stage): Anne Freitag
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9.11.2019 | Evening in the Palace of Reason
\r\n\r\n| JS BACH/LENZEWSKI | \r\nThe Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Ricercar a 6 (string orchestra version) | \r\n
| FREDERICK II | \r\nFlute Concerto No. 3 | \r\n
| JS BACH | \r\nThe Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Canon a 2 Quaerendo invenietis | \r\n
| CPE BACH | \r\nString Symphony in B minor, H. 661 | \r\n
| – 20-minute interval – | \r\n|
| JS BACH | \r\nBrandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048 | \r\n
| CPE BACH | \r\nCello Concerto in B-flat major, H. 436 | \r\n
Violin/Violoncello da spalla/Lead: Sergey Malov
\r\nFlute: Anne Freitag
\r\nHarpsichord: Irina Zahharenkova
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10.11.2019 | Bach – Father and Son
\r\n\r\n| JS BACH | \r\nThe Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Trio Sonata | \r\n
| CPE BACH | \r\nCello Concerto in A major, H. 439 | \r\n
| – 20-minute interval – | \r\n|
| JS BACH | \r\nThe Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Canon perpetuo and Fuga canonica | \r\n
| JS BACH | \r\nViolin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 | \r\n
| JS BACH | \r\nBrandenburg Concerto No. 5 | \r\n
Violin/Violoncello da spalla/Lead: Sergey Malov
\r\nFlute: Anne Freitag
\r\nHarpsichord: Irina Zahharenkova
\r\nBasso Continuo: Georg O
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Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn Masterclasses
\r\n\r\nCertain musicians of the orchestra will conduct closed-door masterclasses for music students in Hong Kong after the concerts. The classes will focus on the technique of early music playing and ensemble training.
\r\n\r\n11.11.2019│2 – 5pm│Hong Kong Baptist University
\r\n12.11.2019│3:30 – 6:30pm│The Chinese University of Hong Kong
