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Sounding Board Friends who attend our concerts and are successful in having their comments published will win TWO FREE TICKETS to one of our future concerts. In this issue we are pleased to share with you COMMENTS FROM OUR AUDIENCE MEMBERS who attended our "Scotland the Brave!" concert on 17 January 2006 Here are comments from some of the audience members: Magnificent! Crossover performances of orchestras with pipe bands are very rare. The entire audience was treated to an enjoyable evening of music. The warm applause and the shouts of “encore” stimulated every corner of the concert hall. Very exciting! ---------- Miss Lau (Ma On Shan) Amazing! Compositions were creative and innovative. ---------- Mr. Wong (Lam Tin) Excellent performance. A very rare and superb occasion to enjoy Scottish folk music! ---------- Mr. Wong (Tai Koo Shing) This was the first time I attended a live performance featuring bagpipes – a very new and special experience for me. The concert also featured the concertina – an instrument which I very much looked forward to hearing too. During the concert the entry of the pipe band was especially marvelous - I have never been in such close contact with a pipe band before! All the performers not only played well but interacted with the audience members, making for a most exciting evening. I especially loved the combined sound of the fiddle, flute, viola and harp. The music was exceptionally rousing. I also appreciated the excellent rapport between the chamber orchestra and the Whistlebinkies under the baton of David Gwilt. ---------- Miss Yao (Tai Koo Shing) Excellent! Great repertoire and atmosphere. ---------- Miss Lau (Tseung Kwan O) Awesome! The tears are still in my eyes .…. This has been a truly inspiring concert. There is a mystical lure to Scottish music, and this marvellous mix of traditional Scottish instruments with Hong Kong’s own City Chamber Orchestra has brought out the very best qualities in these beautiful haunting music arrangements. Eddie McGuire’s compositions were gorgeous. And best of all, I could tell all the performers enjoyed it too! ---------- Mrs. Forster (Clearwater Bay) The overall programme was fluent, full of variety and well co-ordinated. The audience members were treated not only to the eclectic performances of the Whistlebinkies but also to the delightful music of the bagpipe band and the chamber orchestra. Professor Gwilt’s conducting made the overall performance excellent. Fabulous! ---------- Mr. Law (Quarry Bay)
Congratulations to these seven friends, who have each won TWO FREE TICKETS to one of our future concerts. We will be in touch with you soon! |