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The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) will present a multi-media show entitled "Silent Film New Music: Chaplin & Philip Glass", produced by Contemporary Musiking, in January 2011.
This is a "crossover" production, with Charlie Chaplin's cinematic classics accompanied by a live band performing new film scores, as well as Philip Glass' string quartets. A multimedia feast of old and new and two modernist masters in the fields of film and music, this production guarantees the audience an extraordinary experience.
The film screenings include "His Musical Career" (1914), "In The Park" (1915), "Behind The Screen" (1916) and "Easy Street" (1917). Four of Hong Kong's hottest composers - George Lam, Aenon Loo, Ng Cheuk-yin and Joyce Tang - have written new film scores to accompany the screenings, in addition to Philip Glass' Strings Quartets No. 1, 2 and 3.
Contemporary Musiking (CM) is a Hong Kong based arts organisation devoted solely to the promotion and creation of contemporary and experimental music. Since its launch, CM has impressed local and overseas audience with its fresh programming and experimental productions merging contemporary music with technology and emergent media. Past productions include "Electric Requiem: God Save the Queen", "Two Part Invention", "Hong Kong Explode", "Box of Revelation" of "Quartet for the End of Time" and "Music for Airports".
"Silent Film New Music: Chaplin & Philip Glass" will be staged at 8pm on January 7 and 8, 2011 (Friday and Saturday) at the Drama Theatre, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Tickets priced at $180 and $150 are now available at all URBTIX outlets, on the Internet and by credit card telephone booking. Tickets are also available on HK Ticketing network (A customer service fee is applied to each ticket purchased). Half-price tickets are available for senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients. (Limited tickets for students and CSSA recipients are available on a first-come, first-served basis.) Please refer to programme leaflets for details of group booking discount.
For programme enquiries, please call 2268 7323, or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/cp . For ticketing enquiries, please call 2734 9009. For credit card telephone bookings, please call 2111 5999 (URBTIX) or 3128 8288 (HK Ticketing). For Internet bookings, please visit www.urbtix.hk / www.hkticketing.com .
A post-performance talk by CM's production team will be held after the show on January 7. Admission is free.
Ends/Friday, November 26, 2010
Issued at HKT 18:51
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