The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series (13 Feb)

Ranked No 1 World's Best Orchestra by Gramophone

"An orchestra of this calibre doesn’t come along every day."  The Washington Post

"The orchestra coloured the music with captivating and near-immaculate brilliance" The Scotsman

"Sumptuousness is a quality that listeners have always prized in performances by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra..."  The New York Times

Two evenings of the most memorable music making you are likely to hear this year.

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO) bursts upon the Hong Kong Arts Festival with two programmes of classical music’s most virtuosic yet poignant and heart-wrenching works, from Weber’s startling Overture to Der Freischütz, via Mendelssohn’s beloved Violin Concerto, to Bartók’s dazzling Concerto for Orchestra.

Established in 1888, the RCO has gained a unique international position with its velvet strings, golden brass and the exceptional and personal timbre of its woodwinds. The orchestra’s outstanding status has been shaped by several generations of musicians and longstanding collaborations with six remarkable chief conductors, including the legendary Willem Mengelberg, Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Chailly and more recently Mariss Jansons. Conferred Royal status by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands in 1988, the RCO has over 1100 recordings and has gained international acclaim for its interpretations of the late romantic repertoire.

Led by the renowned conductor Myung-whun Chung with the highly gifted Janine Jansen as guest soloist, the RCO’s concerts promise audiences a journey that will scale the heights of musical perfection.

Riccardo Musacchio, Hans Samson, Felix Broede