14.11.2016 - RTHK Quartet 香港電台弦樂四重奏

The Hong Kong Children’s Choir

The Hong Kong Children’s Choir (HKCC) was founded in 1969 as a registered non-profit-making charitable organization. HKCC is now the biggest choir in the world and has grown into a diversified arts organization for children. HKCC is invited to perform overseas each year, spreading the message of love and peace in different parts of the world. The Choir has been well received and appreciated in many countries, gaining an international reputation as the “Little Goodwill Singing Ambassadors” and “one of the best children’s choirs in the world”. HKCC was named “China’s Top Ten Children Chorus” in 2003 and won the prestigious “Award of the Audience” at the “Vivace 2006 International Choir Festival” in Hungary. In 2008, the choir was awarded the “Gold Cup” from “Shanghai International Children’s Chorus Festival”. In 2014, HKCC is selected by the International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM) as one of the IFCM Ambassadors for 2013 to 2015. The Choir was invited to perform in the 2014 “10th World Symposium on Choral Music” in South Korea and 2015 “The 1st IFCM World Choral Expo” in Macau.

Apart from touring abroad, HKCC also actively participates in charitable events, and is frequently invited by local government and other organizations to perform at special and historic moments, including the Hong Kong Handover Ceremony in 1997, the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong International Airport in 1998, the Hong Kong Disneyland Grand Opening in 2005, series of performances celebrating the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and performances celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the establishment of HKSAR in 2012.

香港兒童合唱團

香港兒童合唱團（簡稱「香兒」）成立於1969年，為政府註冊非牟利慈善團體。現時「香兒」已成為世界上人數最多、組織最龐大的兒童合唱團，更發展為一個多元兒童藝術團體。「香兒」每年均到外地演出，把愛與和平的訊息傳遍世界，被譽為「小小音樂親善大使」和「世界最傑出兒童合唱團之一」。「香兒」於2003年獲選為「中國十大少年合唱團」，2006年於匈牙利「Vivace國際合唱節」中奪得最高殊榮的「最受觀眾歡迎大獎」，2008年在「上海國際童聲合唱展演」獲頒贈「金杯獎」，2014年更獲選為2013至2015年度「國際合唱聯盟大使」，並獲邀出席2014年韓國「第十屆世界合唱會議」及2015年澳門「首屆國際合唱聯盟世界合唱博覽會」作示範演出。

除海外演出外，「香兒」亦積極參與各項慈善表演，並經常於香港歷史性時刻演出，包括1997年香港政權移交儀式、1998年香港國際機場開幕典禮、2005年香港迪士尼樂園開幕典禮、2008年一系列迎接北京奧運活動、2012年多場慶祝香港回歸15周年的活動等。

Die Konzertisten

Music Director: Felix Yeung

Resident Conductor: Sanders Lau

Rehearsal Pianist: Alexander Wong

“The high-standard, refined musicking by the Hong Kong choir Die Konzertisten is surprising and gratifying…[they] deliver the music with a perfectly blended voice, natural phrasings and utmost devotions.” – Dennis Wu

Now in its 8th year, Die Konzertisten (DK) is recognised as one of Hong Kong’s foremost chamber choirs. Led by Music Director Felix Yeung and Resident Conductor Sanders Lau, DK performs with the greatest commitment repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony and Baroque masterpieces, to Romantic delicacies and newly commissioned works by composers in the region.

DK aims to bring the finest of artistic experiences to local audiences. The choir regularly brings in internationally renowned musicians, including conductors Helmuth Rilling (Bach Mass in B minor), Stephen Layton (Mozart Requiem), Jonathan Cohen (Handel Israel in Egypt and Messiah), Nicholas Cleobury (Rutter Requiem, Chilcott Requiem), Chen Yun-hung (contemporary works by Chinese composers) and countertenor Iestyn Davies (Bernstein Chichester Psalms, Pergolesi Stabat Mater).

The choir’s artistic accomplishments have led to invitations of collaboration from eminent artists and organisations local and abroad.  DK has repeatedly appeared in Hong Kong Arts Festival’s programmes, most notably a series of concerts in celebration of Benjamin Britten’s centenary in 2013. The choir has also appeared in two of the Festival’s PLUS programmes in 2016. The choir was featured for four consecutive years in the broadcasted RTHK 4 Christmas in the Park concert. Hong Kong Composers’ Guild invited the choir to perform in its Musicarama Festival and Chinese Composers’ Festival in 2012 and 2013 respectively. Performances with Hong Kong Sinfonietta (Faure Requiem) and Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra (Karl Jenkins Requiem) were both critically acclaimed. In February 2015, DK was invited by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office to perform at the Victoria Theatre in Singapore.

A keen advocate of Baroque music, the group joins hand with Early Music Society of Hong Kong in forming the first-ever local Baroque orchestra, Cammer Musicus, for the performance of Handel’s masterpiece Messiah in December 2015. Under the baton of its own Felix Yeung, DK has previously performed J.S. Bach St. Matthew Passion with an all-local cast of soloists, Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri with period instrument ensemble of the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, and Purcell Dido and Aeneas with Professor Lo King-man as director.  DK also ardently supports local young musicians through its Apprentice Scheme and Young Talents Series.

Die Konzertisten

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音樂總監:  楊欣諾

駐團指揮:  劉卓熙

彩排琴師: 黃歷琛

「本地合唱團 Die Konzertisten精煉的演出令人驚艷…[他們]的聲音完美調和，自然地表達樂句，而且極致投入其中。」－胡銘堯

成立於2008年，Die Konzertisten (DK)  現為香港最優秀的室內合唱團之一。在音樂總監楊欣諾及駐團指揮劉卓熙的領導下，DK積極演出各個時期的曲目。由文藝復興複調音樂、巴洛克鉅作、浪漫派精萃，以致全新委約的現代作品 。

DK定期邀請國際知名音樂家來港合作，務求為本地觀眾帶來最頂尖的演出。歷年來包括指揮家： 利靈（巴赫《B小調彌撒曲》）、萊頓（莫扎特《安魂曲》）、高恩（韓德爾《以色列人在埃及》及《彌賽亞》）、高貝利（瑞特、契爾考特《安魂曲》）、陳雲紅（當代華人合唱作品）；以及假聲男高音戴維士（伯恩斯坦《奇切斯特詩篇》，佩高萊斯《聖母悼歌》）。

合唱團的高水平往績亦為之帶來不少邀請。DK多次在香港藝術節中亮相，當中最重要的演出要數2013年，慶祝作曲家布列頓誕辰100週年的《布列頓100》專場音樂會系列。2016年，DK於兩場藝術節「加料節目」中擔綱。香港電台第四台曾一連四年邀請DK於其《聖誕園林音樂會》中演唱，音樂會其後於電視及電台轉播。其他邀約包括：香港作曲家聯會《華人作曲家音樂節2013》及《音樂新文化2012》、香港小交響樂團（佛瑞《安魂曲》），及香港城市室樂團（詹金斯《安魂曲》）。2015二月，DK獲香港經濟貿易辦事處邀，於新加坡維多利亞劇院演出。

DK一直致力推廣巴洛克音樂，更與香港早期音樂協會合作，成立本地第一隊巴洛克樂團Cammer Musicus，於2015年十二月演出韓德爾《彌賽亞》。以往在楊欣諾棒下，DK曾演出巴赫《聖馬太受難曲》（全本地歌唱家陣容）、布克斯特胡德《耶穌的軀體》（聯同香港演藝學院早期音樂小組），以及浦賽爾歌劇《狄多與阿尼亞斯》（由盧景文教授執導）。DK 透過音樂新秀系列及學徒計劃，熱心支持本地年青音樂家。