The Hong Kong Arts Festival is a prominentarts event in the cultural calendar of HongKong and the Asia Pacific region. Proudlystepping into its 33rd year, the Festivalcontinues its vigorous pursuit of innovativedevelopment; the presentation of new worksand the provision of quality arts.

In terms of the number and diversity ofprogrammes, the 2005 Festival is one of thelargest festivals to date, offering a wide varietyof inspiring art, music and culturalprogrammes by prestigious internationalartists and leading local talents. I am sure thatthe Festival will further enhance Hong Kong’sstatus as an international cultural metropolis.

I extend our warmest welcome to allparticipating artists and wish all local andoverseas members of the audience a mostenjoyable time.

TUNG Chee HwaChief ExecutiveHong Kong Special Administrative Region

2005

2005

Message from the Chairman

I warmly welcome you to the 33rd Arts Festival.As a premier event in the Hong Kong culturalcalendar as well as the Asia Pacific region, theFestival presents the finest international andregional artists in an intense series of concerts andperformances, as well as showcases the creativityof artistic talent in Hong Kong.

Appreciation and thanks are due to our mainsubventing organisations – the Hong KongGovernment, through the Leisure and CulturalServices Department, and the Hong Kong JockeyClub Charities Trust. Their long and continuedpatronage are what make these culturalpresentations possible.

In addition, we gratefully acknowledge thegenerous support of many corporate sponsors,arts institutions and individuals.

The Festival has always made our programmesaccessible to students and young audiencesthrough half-price student tickets and our YoungFriends Scheme. These schemes are funded by thegenerous donations from numerous corporateand individual donors.

The 2005 Festival offers a rich and stimulatingprogramme, with a variety of captivatingperformances and choices, presenting a diverse rangeof tastes with artistic excellence. We hope to offersomething enjoyable and of interest to everyone.

Above all, I would like to thank you, our patrons, foryour support and participation in the 2005 Festival.

Charles Lee

The Hong Kong Arts Festival is made possible with the funding support of:

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Message from the Executive Director

The starting point for the programming of this 2005Festival was the idea of contrasting opposites – ‘sacredand profane’. Both of these elements are rich sources ofcreative impulses for the performing arts in most culturesand this thematic link is evident in much of ourprogramming. We hope these connections and contrastswill make your Festival experience more engaging andmemorable.

Alongside all of our international artists, we are proud topresent many outstanding Hong Kong artists. For example,the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the HongKong Repertory Theatre, as well as the fine young HongKong musicians, pianist Rachel Cheung and the Fresh AirBrass Quintet. Other important Hong Kong artists takingpart include Cantonese opera stars Mui Suet-see and LeeLung; Class 7A Drama Group; Chung Ying Theatre; Group89268; the Material Girls; choreographer Daniel Yeungand the remarkable combined talents of Lee Chun-chow,Faye Leong, Gabriel Lee and Chong Mui-ngam in TheFrench Kiss.

In addition, our commitment to commissioning new workfrom Hong Kong and around the world continues, withpieces such as Amber, The Nightingale, All That ShanghaiJazz, Material Girls, i-City, The French Kiss, Come Out &Play and Little Prince Hamlet.

The 2005 Festival will offer a total of 124 performanceswith 42 performing groups (32 overseas and 10 local), twoexhibitions and our Festival Plus programme of talks,seminars and meet-the-artist sessions.

This is one of our largest Festivals to date, in terms of thenumber and the diversity of programmes. I am sure too,that it will be one of our most enjoyable and inspiring. Weare delighted that you could join us.

Douglas Gautier

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Theatre, Hong Kong City Hall

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including one interval

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For programme detailspages 15 and 17

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All Photographs © Cheung Chi-wai

The Fresh Air Brass Quintet

TrumpetsKelvin NgaiJoseph Ngan

TromboneBen Pelletier

Bass Trombone / TubaDenson Paul Pollard

HornHomer Lee

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11 Quintet Profile

The Fresh Air Brass Quintet

The Fresh Air Brass Quintet was founded with the mission of entertaining throughthe performance of chamber music for brass, and educating audiences about brassinstruments. The ensemble’s repertoire is varied, including arrangements frompopular music to serious original compositions for chamber brass ensembles.

The ensemble has performed a live recital on RTHK Radio 4 andwas recently invited by the Hong Kong Chamber Music Society toperform at the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club. True to its mission,

the Fresh Air Brass Quintet has also performed numerouseducation oriented concerts around Hong Kong.

The five person chamber brass ensemble features everymember of the brass instrument family, including twotrumpets, a horn, a trombone, a bass trombone and atuba. The group members are some of the most activebrass players in Hong Kong. The Quintet members holdpositions in every professional bands and orchestras inHong Kong; teach at the leading university music

departments and are in demand as private tuitioninstructors.

15 Programme

D BWV 914

B 5

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Johann Sebastian Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 914Bach (Arranged by Frederick Mills)

Claudio Monteverdi Four Madrigals(Arranged by Raymond Mase)

Si ch’io vorrei morire (I Want to Die)Non piu guerra, pietate (No More Fighting – Mercy)Ah, dolente partita (Ah, Sorrowful Parting)Quel augellin che canta (That Little Bird That Sings)

Viktor Ewald Brass Quintet No 1 in B flat minor, Op 5ModeratoAdagio – Allegro Vivace – AdagioAllegro Moderato

– 15 minute interval –

Witold Lutoslawski Mini Overture

Tang Lok-yin Angelic VisitConductor Tang Lok-yinChinese percussion Chau Chin-tungSuona Lo Wai-leungJinghu Cheung Hiu-fai

George Gershwin Porgy and Bess Suite(Arranged by Luther Henderson)

OvertureSummertimeBess, You is My WomanIt Ain’t Necessarily SoI Got Plenty of NothingI’m On My Way

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D BWV 914 (1685-1750)

(1567-1643)

1613

B 5 (1860-1935)

Programme Notes

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(1913-1994)

2001 IRCAM 2002

2004

(1898-1937)

1950

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Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 914Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Although Bach is one of the most well-known composers of all time, during his lifetime he was far less appreciated. His large output of compositions (at one time hewas composing music for three different churches at the same time) was known onlyin the immediate areas where he worked. Bach didn’t become universally knownuntil a century after his death, when Felix Mendolsohn rediscovered his music. Oneof the ways that a piece of music became popular during Bach’s time was throughtranscriptions. In keeping with the spirit of Bach’s time, this is a transcription of oneBach’s most popular pieces, originally for the organ.

Four MadrigalsClaudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Claudio Monteverdi started his music career as a singer in a boys’ choir in acathedral in Cremona, Italy. Although he is remembered today primarily for hiscontributions to the vocal repertoire, including the opera Orfeo and eight books ofmadrigals, he was probably influenced by brass music.

Monteverdi was maestro di cappella at St Mark’s Cathedral in Venice, from 1613.This was the height of the golden age of brass playing in Renaissance, Italy, centredat St Mark’s with the organist and composer Giovanni Gabrieli.

Brass Quintet No 1 in B flat minor, Op 5Viktor Ewald (1860-1935)

Although the Russian composer Viktor Ewald followed in his family tradition andbecame a professor at the Institute of Civil Engineering in St Petersburg, his lovewas always music. It was while playing the cello in a string quartet that he becamefriends with the composers Moussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. Moussorgsky hadbeen a military band leader and probably encouraged Ewald, who also played thehorn, to compose for brass instruments.

The German tradition of brass playing migrated to Russia after Peter the Greatbrought German scientists and engineers to Russia in the 18th Century. Ewald isconsidered to be one of the most important composers for brass instruments andhis four brass quintets are some of the most popular music in the repertoire.

– 15 minute interval –

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Mini OvertureWitold Lutoslawski (1913-1994)

Known internationally as a conductor of his own work, the Polish composer WitoldLutoslawski also enjoyed a career as a pianist. He taught and lectured on compositionat Tanglewood, Dartmouth College and the Copenhagen Conservatory, and wonnumerous prizes for his work, ranging from the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde ofVienna to the International Koussevitsky Prize. Lutoslawski is perhaps best known forhis ability to exercise creativity within a high level of discipline.

Lutoslawski’s list of compositions include orchestral, vocal and chamber settings.Mini Overture was written and dedicated to Philip Jones, the founder of the PhilipJones Brass Ensemble in London, and his wife Ursula.

Angelic VisitTang Lok-yin

Originally the main theme of the piece was about the three Chinese deities: Fu(happiness), Lo (rank) and Shou (longevity), who also encapsulate ordinary people’slife-long desires. While writing this piece the image of an angel suddenly flashed inmy mind. So I came up with a new idea that the story was about a western angelwho falls down within China’s boundary. There the western angel meets Fu, Loand Shou and so begins the story of the Angelic Visit.

As in the story of the angel, the coming together of the different cultures is alsowell demonstrated with the three Chinese instruments performing with the brassquintet. Together they not only maintain their own distinct and strong sounds, butcomplement each other well in this dramatic musical encounter.

Programme notes provided by the composer

Composer Tang Lok-Yin received her Bachelor of Music Degree and the ProfessionalDiploma of Music at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2003 and 2004.Tang began her musical training at an early age with the piano and suona, and playedin several Chinese youth orchestras. Since then her music has been performed byvarious orchestras and ensembles in Hong Kong and at international festivals.

In June 2001 Tang attended the IRCAM Summer Academy in France. She has beengranted various scholarships and has studied at summer courses in Beijing,Dramstadt and Colorado.

Angelic Visit is commissioned by the 2005 Hong Kong Arts Festival withsponsorship from the CASH Music Fund.

Programme Notes

23 Programme Notes

Porgy and Bess SuiteGeorge Gershwin (1898-1937)

The American ‘Tin Pan Alley’ composer George Gershwin is one of the mostmemorable composers in music history. With songs like Someone to Watch OverMe and They Can’t Take That Away From Me to his credit, it is probably true thateveryone has heard a Gershwin tune.

Gershwin’s first opera, Porgy and Bess, is considered to be one of the best, debutoperas in history. It was groundbreaking in that the cast was all black; the settingwas a ghetto in the Deep South during the slave era and the popular Americansong form replaced the European aria. The international popularity of Porgy andBess was confirmed after a 1950’s world tour that featured the American sopranoLeontyne Price as Bess.

Unless otherwise specified, all programme notes are provided by the Quintet

27 Biographies

1999 2000

1997 2000

Kelvin NgaiTrumpet

Kelvin Ngai graduated in 1999 from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Artswhere he received a Bachelor of Music (Honours) degree in Trumpet Performance.In 2000 he was granted the Bernard Van Zudines Music Fund from Hong Kongand the Peabody Scholarship to further his studies at the Peabody Conservatory ofMusic at Johns Hopkins University. He obtained his Master of Music degree in lessthan a year.

Ngai has performed frequently with a number of professional orchestras in musicfestivals, including the Hong Kong Philharmonic and Hong Kong Sinfonietta.Between 1997 and 2000, he joined the highly acclaimed Asian Youth Orchestrafor a performance tour of Asia, the US and Australia. He is a founding member ofthe Fresh Air Brass Quintet.

29 Biographies

1992 1990 1993

Joseph NganTrumpet

Joseph Ngan graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts(HKAPA) in 1992. In 1990 and 1993 he performed with the Asian Youth Orchestraon its tour to Asia and Europe. He is currently the acting assistant principal trumpetof the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and frequently plays with the Hong KongPhilharmonic Orchestra. He is one of the founding members of the Oriental BrassQuintet and the Fresh Air Brass Quintet.

Ngan is one of Hong Kong’s most versatile trumpet players, being involved with allstyles of playing from chamber music to commercial recording sessions. He iscurrently an instructor in the Music Department of the HKAPA, the Hong KongBaptist University and the Hong Kong Institute of Education.

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Music Infusion

The Works

Ben PelletierTrombone

Ben Pelletier has maintained an active andvaried career based in Hong Kong since hisarrival in September 1997. As a performingmusician, he has appeared and recordedwith many of Hong Kong’s most popularsingers; with jazz ensembles such as theAnthony Fernandes Big Band; the Stray Katzand the Saturday Night Jazz Orchestra, aswell as classical groups including the HongKong Philharmonic Orchestra, the HongKong Sinfonietta and the City ChamberOrchestra of Hong Kong. He is also afounding member of the Hong Kong Slidesand the Fresh Air Brass Quintet.

Pelletier frequently appears as trombonistand band leader in Hong Kong productionsof Broadway or West End style musicals. Inaddition to performing, he teaches as amember of the music faculty at the HongKong Baptist University. He is able to sharehis love for music further in his capacity as amusic broadcaster through his affiliation with RTHK Radio 4, where he is the hostof the programme, Music Infusion and also serves as Music Director for the station.At RTHK Pelletier routinely presents programmes for the English News and CurrentAffairs Division, Radio 3, and is host of The Works, a Culture and Arts televisionprogramme.

33 Biographies

19951999 2000

2001 2001

19971998

2001

Denson Paul PollardBass Trombone / Tuba

Originally from Newnan, Georgia, US, Denson Paul Pollard began as basstrombonist with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra in September 2001. Hewas a tenor trombonist at the 1995 Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan; a basstrombonist at the 1999 Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Germany; the 2000National Orchestral Institute in Baltimore, Maryland; and the 2001 NationalRepertory Orchestra in Breckenridge, Colorado.

Pollard was a prize-winner and the only brass player finalist at the 1997 St LouisSymphony Concerto Competition and received the First Prize at the 1998 EasternTrombone Workshop Bass Trombone Solo Competition in Washington, DC. Hecurrently teaches at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA), theHong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

During summer 2001, Pollard appeared as guest soloist with the West Point MilitaryAcademy Band. He has performed recitals at HKBU and the HKAPA, as well as forthe Hong Kong Chamber Society and RTHK Radio 4. He is a founding member ofthe Hong Kong Slides Trombone Ensemble and the Fresh Air Brass Quintet.

35 Biographies

1987

19781979 1980

1983 19851985

1994 1995

Homer LeeHorn

Homer Lee joined the Hong Kong PhilharmonicOrchestra in 1987 and has been on the facultyof the Hong Kong Academy for PerformingArts since 1988. In addition to his teaching

duties there, he also conducts the Academy’s Junior Symphony Orchestra.

Lee has long been active in Hong Kong’s music circles. He joined the Hong KongYouth Symphony Orchestra in 1978, with whom he toured the UK, France andAustralia in the summers of 1979 and 1980. He has won many major prizes,including the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club Scholarship from 1983 to 1985 and theLady MacLehose Prize to study at the Banff School of Fine Arts, Canada in 1985.

Lee’s highlight performances include playing with the Orchestra of the Academyof St Martin-in-the-Fields during their Hong Kong visit and participating in theAsian Friendly Concerts in Fukuoka, Japan, in 1994 and 1995. He recordsextensively in the studio as well as for many music appreciation programmes onthe television and radio. The Macau Culture Department has invited him to givehorn master classes, workshops, wind quintet concerts, and to be an adjudicatorfor the Youth Music Competition as part of the Macau Youth Music Festival.

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