Toyota Classics 2017

Sat 04 Nov 2017, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
1 Trang Tien, Hanoi

From the organizer:

The one-night-only concert “Toyota Classics 2017” will take place at 20:00, Nov 04th 2017 at the Hanoi Opera House.

Toyota Classics 2017 sees the participation of Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra (RPCO) – one of famous with long history from England, under the baton of conductor Anthony Weeden and violinist David Juritz.

Especially, Toyota Classics 2017 will also has the return of young pianist Luu Hong Quang – who achieved many awards in Piano in Australia, with performing experience with famous orchestras such as Queensland, Metropolitan (Sydney), Wuhan (China),… currently he is teacher at the Australia Music Performing Institute (AMPA).

With the talent and creativity of young pianist Luu Hong Quang in combination with the professional Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, the program will bring emotional music melodies to audiences. Through its organization of the annual concert Toyota Classics, Toyota Motor Vietnam shows efforts in enhancing the quality of the spiritual life of community and in the development of culture in Vietnam.

Vietnamese pianist Luu Hong Quang performs Chopin’s Polonaise No. 6 in A-flat major:

With the main theme “Truly Classics”, this year program of music bristles with drama and romance, with pieces that were written for the Opera House, some as incidental music for the theatre and others for dramatic occasions such as “Handel’s Water Music”, written at the bequest of King George I, for a concert to be performed on a barge as it floated down the River Thames, and Elgar’s “Salut d’Amour”, an engagement present to his fiancé.

Program

1.Overture, La Scala di Seta
Composed by Rossini

2.A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Nocturne
Composed by Mendelssohn

3. Piano Concerto No. 9 Eb K271
Composed by Mozart

– Intermission –

4. Armida Overture
Composed by Haydn

5. Romance for Violin & Orchestra No. 2 in F
Composed by Beethoven

6. Serenade for Strings – 1st movement
Composed by Tchaikovsky

7. Salut d’Amour
Composed by Elgar

8. Pavane
Composed by Fauré

9. Water Music Suite No. 1 in F – Minuet
Composed by Handel

10. Libertango
Composed by Piazzolla

Tickets

Ticket prices: 700.000 – 1.000.000 – 1.200.000 VND
Tickets are available at Ticket Counter, Hanoi Opera House ‎
Hotline: 090 496 8284 / ‎086 888 8210

Information on the previous Toyota Classics concerts:
Toyota Classics 2010
Toyota Classics 2011
Toyota Classics 2012
Toyota Classics 2013
Toyota Classics 2014
Toyota Classics 2015
Toyota Classics 2016