“Guangdong Music Under the Tree” to be held at Main Plaza of Sha Tin Park

     The annual concert "Guangdong Music Under the Tree", which used to be held in Kowloon Walled City Park, will be held at Main Plaza of Sha Tin Park this month for the first time.

     Master of Chaozhou music Lau Fok-kwong will lead the Hong Kong Chiuchow Music Ensemble, while master of Cantonese music To Wing will lead a group of veteran Cantonese music musicians, in performing popular compositions of Chaozhou and Cantonese music.

     Admission to the concerts is free. Details of the concerts are as follows:
October 20 (Saturday) 2.30pm
Chaozhou Music: Chaozhou gongs and drums da luogu, "Morning Sun in Springtime"; Chaozhou gongs and drums xiao luogu, "Lions Playing with a Ball", "Butterflies among Flowers"; Xianshi ensemble music "Yearning for Spring" and "Fish Hawks Dabbling in the Water"; Chaozhou operatic songs "Pleading by Justice Bao" and "The Love Story of Chen San and Wuniang" (excerpt), and more.
 
October 21 (Sunday) 2.30pm
Cantonese Music: "Rain Lashing on the Plantain", "Pacing Horses in the Countryside in Spring", "Autumn Moon over a Placid Lake", "Meditations in the Boudoir", "Stepping High", "Butterflies among the Flowers", "Birds Returning to the Woods", "A Hungry Horse Shaking Its Bells", "United We Go", "Lovers' Sorrow", "Pacing Horses", "Thunder in a Drought", "In Celebration of Good Times", "I Have This Feeling" and more.

     For programme enquiries, please call 2268 7321 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/programs_625.html.