The Mysterious Edward Elgar

Date: 03-11-2017 Friday 8pm

Venue: St.Dominic’s Church

Conductor／Lio Kuokman

Programme:
Elgar:
Selection from “The Wand of Youth”
Mina
Chanson de Nuit
Chanson de Matin
Enigma Variations, Op. 36

Edward Elgar was the first internationally influential British composer at the turn of the 19th and 20th century, who initiated stimulated the renaissance of English music and attracted international attention, with his orchestral works being the jewels of his rich composition repertoire. This year Macao conductor Lio Kuokman, an emerging talent already known at home and abroad, will interpret a rare “Edward Elgar Concert” with the Macao Orchestra, presenting works like Enigma Variations, which first gained Elgar his immense popularity, as well as the delicate pieces like Mina, Chanson de Nuit and Chanson de Matin, while retrospect the composer’s childhood memories with The Wand of Youth.

Approximately 1 hour, no interval

Download Information