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 ]Date : 06/02/2010
Time : 20:00
Venue : Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium
W. A. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
A. Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major “Romantic” (1878/ 80 Version)
"Fou Ts’ong is the most popular and most insightful performer of the works of Mozart in the contemporary global music circle" - The Times, London
Fou Ts’ong won third prize at the 5th International Chopin Piano Competition held in Warsaw in 1955 and earned the best performance award for his interpretation of Chopin Mazurkas, becoming the first ever Chinese pianist so honoured. He makes a return visit to Macao to collaborate with the Macao Orchestra for Mozart’s classic Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488, and the "poet of the piano" brings us his stunning, refined and precise interpretation of Mozart’s work.
The Macao Orchestra gives the regional premiere of the Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major by Anton Bruckner – the world’s greatest symphonic composer after Beethoven! The work, nicknamed "Romantic" by the composer, is the most popular of his ten symphonies and expresses Bruckner’s heartfelt appreciation of nature. "In a town during the Middle ages, as light spills out at dawn, and a loud, clear bugle note drifts from a castle, a knight leaps onto a horse and rides swiftly away from the city walls; amid the mysterious forest sounds, one can hear the wind whispering and birds singing..."
How can we not experience the wonderful scene portrayed in Bruckner’s charming music?
Conductor: Lü Jia
Fou Ts’ong, Piano
Duration: approx. 85 minutes (including one 15-minute intermission)
Tickets: MOP 120/ 80
Tickets are available through the Kong Seng Ticketing Network
The organiser reserves the right to alter the programme and/ or the cast of performers
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The present building stands on the site of several previous cathedrals. The original cathedral was the church of Our Lady of Hope of St. Lazarus, declared the mother church of the Macau diocese which included the religious provinces of China, Japan, Korea and other islands adjacent to China. The first stone Cathedral, consecrated in 1850, was almost destroyed in a typhoon 24 years later and had to be extensively repaired.
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