Atherton conducts Sibelius 2

I attended a concert performed by Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by David Atherton) last evening at Hong Kong Cultural Centre.

The choices of concertos were brilliant but the attendants were less than expected :
1. Mother Goose Suite - Maurice Ravel

2. Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Deaths of Children) - Gustav Mahler (solo - David Wilson Johnson) The performance is closed to perfect. Although the lyric is in German, I could feel the sad emotion running between the words.
- David Wilson Johnson teaches at the Summer School, which he founded 20 years ago in Dorogne (www.ferrandou.org)


3. Symphony No.2 in D, Op. 43 - Jean Sibelius - The performance by HKPO was brilliant but it is sad that not much audiences attending the concert (some attendants left earlier and some felt asleep for a long time)

Finally I wish that more Hong Kong people will show their support to HKPO which is really an outstanding world class philharmonic orchestra.

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