2nd Hong Kong Early Music Festival met Kaoru Iwamura op Kasteel Loenersloot

Trailer van ‘Life is a Dream’, onderdeel van het 2nd Hong Kong Early Music Festival,

2nd Hong Kong Early Music Festival in oktober 2021:Muziekvideo Live is a Dream

De Broadwood tafelpiano uit 1829 uit de Geelvinck Collectie  op Kasteel Loenersloot speelt een rol in het 2nd Hong Kong Early Music Festival – a historical Journey. Kaoru Iwamura met dochtertje Yuna  zijn, naast sopraan Kitty Lai en tenor Edmond Chu, de sterren in een korte film, Live is a Dream, gemaakt door cineast Daan Vree. Deze bijdrage aan het festival gaat in oktober in premiere (hierover later meer).

2nd Hong Kong Early Music Festival in november 2021: the Sound of Chopin

Het festival omvat ook filmische bijdragen uit Duitsland en Frankrijk. Deze laatste is gemaakt door regisseur Karen Kwok, met onder andere de medewerking van pianist Yves Henri, directeur van het Chopin Festival in Nohant, met als titel ’the Sound of Chopin’, opgenomen in het huis van George Sand in Nohant, waar Chopin langere tijd verbleef en gecomponeerd heeft. (Vanaf november te zien op het youtube kanaal concerto da camera).

Hong Kong Early Music Festival in september 2021: het Orgel in Waltershausen

Vanaf september is de bijdrage vanuit Duitsland te zien met een tweedelige video-podcast met een orgelconcert op het grote barokorgel uit 1730 van de stadskerk van Waltershausen (Thuringen )en rondleiding door organist Stefan Kiessling.

Press release

2^nd Hong Kong Early Music Festival 2021: A Historical Journey

Concerto da Camera is very pleased to present the 2nd Hong Kong Early Music Festival 2021, titled A Historical Journey. Despite the difficulties and lockdown across the world, we believe that music not only brings us hope and joy, this universal language also links people together and create resonance among us. This year, we are excited to present the festival to you in an extraordinary manner: all events will be streamed online and provide access to a worldwide audiences.

A collaboration of talents with different expertise: musicians, filmmakers, production crew and many more. This international line-up – no matter staying in Hong Kong or abroad they are, all contributed greatly for the best.

The theme of our 2021 Festival is A Historical Journey.  Through the medium of music, we aim to take our audience on a magical journey: to see and listen to the authentic period musical instruments, to visit various historical sites, and to appreciate the arts and culture associated with them, likewise to be free from quarantine as well!

Our Programmes will be published on Concerto da Camera’s Youtube Channel:

1) Knowing the Harpsichord (Educational)

Join harpsichordist Kenneth Yeung this autumn forKnowing the Harpsichord, a series of four episodes brought to you by the 2nd Hong Kong Music Festival, 2021.

2) The Pipe Organ in the Town Church of Waltershausen

 Join concert organist Stefan Kießling in The Pipe Organ in Waltershausen Town Church, a two-part video series featuring the largest Baroque organ in Thuringia, Germany, brought to you by the 2^nd Hong Kong Early Music Festival.

3) Life is a Dream (Music Video)

The 2nd Hong Kong Early Music Festival features a rich diversity of musical genres, including the music video “Life Is a Dream”, directed by Amsterdam-based writer and filmmaker Daan Vree.

A bonus video “The Broadwood Piano at the Loenersloot Castle” (Cultural Appreciation) will be brought to you on Concerto da Camera’s Youtube channel. Kaoru Iwamura will tell you more about the 200-year-old English Broadwood Square Piano she played in the video. This is a golden opportunity for you to extend your knowledge on the authentic keyboard instruments.

4) The Sound of Chopin (Documentary)

Being hailed as “the poet at the piano”, Polish-French composer Frederic Chopin was very particular about the craftsmanship and tone of the pianos he played and was especially fond of those manufactured by the French company Pleyel. According to the pianist-composer’s contemporary Franz Liszt, this preference was because of “their silvery and slightly veiled sonority” and their “lightness of touch”. 

5) Back To The Renaissance (Performance)

From Gabrieli and Frescobaldi, to Fontana and Monteverdi – enjoy wonderful Renaissance masterpieces in an online concert involving choir, trumpets, flugelhorns, violins, dulcian and pipe organ, brought to you by the 2^nd Hong Kong Early Music Festival.