Repertory Cinema 2008 Programme 2 - Japanese New Wave Cinema 1960s ($50)   Internet Booking Twenty-eight award-winning films and classics with wide-ranging themes of the sixties from Japanese new-wave directors including Nakahira Ko's "Crazed Fruit", Masumura Yasuzo's "Kisses", "Giants and Toys" and "Red Angel"; Oshima Nagisa's "A Street of Love and Hope"; Shinoda Masahiro's "Double Suicide"; Shindo Kaneto's "The Naked Island" and "Live Today, Die Tomorrow!"; Imamura Shohei's "The Insect Woman" and "The Pornographers"; Yoshida Yoshishige's "Akitsu Springs"; Urayama Kirio's "Foundry Town"; Teshigahara Hiroshi's "Woman in the Dunes" and "Pitfall" as well as Suzuki Seijun's "Tattooed Life". Ticketing Agent: URBTIX Date/Time: 5/9/2008 (Fri) – 28/9/2008 (Sun) Borodin Quartet ($250, 200, 150, 100 )   Internet Booking Internationally acclaimed chamber music ensemble the Borodin Quartet will revisit Hong Kong and give a concert in September. Currently comprising Ruben Aharonian and Andrei Abramenkov (violin), Igor Naidin (viola) and Vladimir Balshin (cello), the ensemble will play Haydn's "String Quartet in D, Op. 64, No. 5, 'The Lark'", Beethoven's "String Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 18, No. 2", Mozart's "String Quartet No. 16 in E-flat, K428" and Tchaikovsky's "String Quartet in B-flat". Ticketing Agent: URBTIX Venue: Hong Kong City Hall (Concert Hall) Date/Time: 2/9/2008 (Tue) 20:00 Romancing the Moon – A Mid-Autumn Festival Concert by the Windpipe Chinese Ensemble ($90, 60)   Internet Booking With its many romantic associations, the moon has a special place in the hearts of the Chinese. Down the ages, writers and poets have given paean to it. To the Chinese people, the Mid-Autumn Festival is only second in importance to the Chinese New Year: it is a time of reunion for loved ones, as represented by the disc in its full glory. In music, many lyrical tunes have been inspired by the moon. We have therefore prepared for this concert a programme featuring traditional tunes with a "'moon theme" for the audience to share and enjoy. Ticketing Agent: URBTIX Date/Time: 6/9/2008 (Sat) 20:00; 7/9/2008 (Sun) 15:00 Jazz Up: Pierre Dørge and New Jungle Orchestra (Denmark) ($300, 220, 150)   Internet Booking The "Jazz Up" series brings a legend of modern jazz for his Hong Kong debut by presenting the McCoy Tyner Quartet in concert. It is not an overstatement to say that modern jazz has been shaped by the music of McCoy Tyner. His blues-based piano style, with sophisticated chords and an explosively percussive left hand, has transcended conventional styles to become one of the most identifiable sounds in improvised music. His harmonic contributions and dramatic rhythmic devices form the vocabulary of many jazz pianists. Ticketing Agent: URBTIX Venue: Hong Kong City Hall (Concert Hall) Date/Time: 23/9/2008 (Tue) 20:00 Jazz Up: McCoy Tyner Quartet (USA) ($400, 300, 220, 150)   Internet Booking Five-time Grammy Award winner McCoy Tyner came to the world’s attention as the pianist of the John Coltrane Quartet in the early 1960s. During his years with Coltrane, Tyner became one of the top ranks of jazz pianists and was propelled to international renown. Now, Tyner has earned five Grammy Awards and was honoured as Jazz Master from the USA National Endowment for the Arts in 2002. It is not an overstatement to say that modern jazz has been shaped by the music of Tyner. Ticketing Agent: URBTIX Venue: Hong Kong City Hall (Concert Hall) Date/Time: 4/9/2008 (Thu) 20:00 Concert by Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra The Three B's – Music Divine ($110, 90, 70)   Internet Booking Korean violinist David Park and locally born violinist Henry Choi will collaborate with the Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra in Hong Kong in September for two concerts. Under the baton of its music director and conductor Dr Yip Wai-hong and principal guest conductor, Jimmy Chiang, the orchestra will perform a programme of "3B" music: Bach's "Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043", Beethoven's "Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'" and Brahms' "Violin Concerto in D, Op.77". Ticketing Agent: URBTIX Date/Time: 6/9/2008 (Sat) 20:00; 7/9/2008 (Sun) 15:30 The 2nd Hong Kong Games The 2nd Hong Kong Games (HKG) will be held between May 9 and 31, 2009. Six competition events, namely athletics, table tennis, badminton, basketball, swimming and tennis, will be organised for the 2nd HKG with all 18 District Councils (DCs) participating. The 18 DCs will soon start to select athletes of high calibre in their districts to participate in the HKG. Date/Time: 9/5/2009 (Sat) – 31/5/2009 (Sun) An Emerging Modernity: The Roaring 60s ($30)   Internet Booking To look back on the roaring 60s of Hong Kong, ten local films in the 1960s will be shown. They include "The Young Swordsman Lung Kim-fei, Part Four", "The Student Prince", "Song of Orchid Island", "Girls Are Flowers", "The Strange Girl", "Winter Love", "The Jade Raksha", "The Single-Armed Holy Nun", "The Youth" and "Yesterday Today Tomorrow". There will also be an exhibition and a new publication. Ticketing Agent: URBTIX Venue: Hong Kong Film Archive (Cinema) Date/Time: 15/8/2008 (Fri) – 31/8/2008 (Sun) Olympic Live Sites in Hong Kong The Olympic Live Sites in Victoria Park and Sha Tin Park run by the LCSD are open to members of the public until August 24. In the live sites there are live broadcasts of competition events of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on giant TV screens and cultural programmes. Admission tickets are free. Date/Time: 8/8/2008 (Fri) – 24/8/2008 (Sun) Free use of LCSD's leisure facilities to support Olympics To support the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, encourage the public to do exercise and promote community sports, the Free Admission Scheme of LCSD Leisure Facilities has been carried out to enable members of the public to use most of LCSD's leisure facilities free of charge from July 1 to September 30. During the period, the public can enjoy facilities including holiday camps, water sports centres, tennis courts, sports centres and public swimming pools free of charge in sessions that have not been reserved by groups. Date/Time: 1/7/2008 (Tue) - 30/9/2008 (Tue)
Last revision date: 2008.08.22