An annual gala of Chinese contemporary music
Like the Milan Fashion Week which is the mecca of the international fashion world, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra's Music About China series, held during the annual Hong Kong Arts Festival, is an occasion that all music lovers who want to catch the latest development trends in Chinese music composition must attend.
The 2010 programme features works by composers from different parts of the world, including the premiere of Qin, Se, Po - for Chinese orchestra by Jin Xiang (China); Sketches of the Guizhou Ranges for Chinese orchestra by Zhu Jian'er (China), and Three Realms of Tibet by Han Yong (Chinese in the United States).
As the concert falls on the Lantern Festival, regarded traditionally as a Chinese Valentine's Day, we have chosen a romantic love song, A Song of Love, by Robert Zollitsch (Germany) as a tribute to all lovers. Zollitsch, inspired by the Song poetess Li Qingzhao's elegant temperaments and devotion to love, has written this lilting piece which will be sung by his wife Gong Linna.

Zhu Jian’er Symphonic Suite: Sketches of the Guizhou Ranges
(op. 23, 1982/2007)
First Movement: A Festival Contest of Lusheng
Second Movement: The Old Xiao Player
Third Movement: Serenade on a Moonlight Night
Forth Movement: The Festival
Chinese Orchestra Version - World Premiere
Jin Xiang Qin, Se, Po for Pipa and Chinese Orchestra
Chinese Orchestral Version - World Premiere
Han Yong Three Realms of Tibet
First Movement: The Realm of Heaven
Second Movement: The Realm of the Earth
Third Movement: The Realm of Man
World Premiere
Robert Zollitsch A Song of Love for Soprano and Orchestra
First Movement: Spring
Second Movement: Summer
Third Movement: Autumn
Forth Movement: Winter
World Premiere
Lyrics by Li Qingzhao (Song Dynasty)
Vocal: Gong Linna
Pipa: Yang Jing





































