Experience a striking spectrum of contemporary music where rhythm, electricity, and memory collide. The programme journeys through the propulsive minimalism of Glass, the playful elegance of Adams, and the sultry, jazz-infused “almost” tango of Thomas Oboe Lee. Darkness and electricity then take over, as the electric guitar drives the brooding, reflective depths of Bryars and the soaring intensity of Riley. Reich’s Different Trains injects a sudden, urgent sense of memory in action, before the evening yields to the breathless simplicity and clarity of Pärt.

HK Phil × Tai Kwun: Chamber Music Series:  Celebrating Philip Glass & John Adams

Tai Kwun

From Brahms’s melancholic late works to Bowen’s shifting palette of moods, this programme offers a deep dive into late-Romantic colour across two ensembles. It first traces the lyrical world of Brahms through string quartet arrangements. The bass clarinet then joins for Bowen’s quintet, revealing the instrument’s expressive range through flowing melodic lines, before the concert finally comes to rest in Brahms’s autumnal Clarinet Quintet.

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Mar 1, 2027

HK Phil × Tai Kwun: Chamber Music Series: Celebrating Philip Glass & John Adams · Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

May 3, 2027

HK Phil × Tai Kwun: Chamber Music Series: Salute to Brahms – Nostalgia and Poise · Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Viola in Clarinet Quintet by Brahms

Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

Viola in Phantasy Quintet by Bowen

Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

Viola in String Quartet No. 5 by Glass

Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

Viola in String Quartet No. 4 by Glass

Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

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