| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 12-Jan-2013 Hong Kong Cultural Centre: Concert Hall | The king of instruments: David Atherton, David Drury and the Hong Kong Philharmonic |
 Former Hong Kong Philharmonic Music Director David Atherton returned to his hometown on Saturday to lead the orchestra in a concert entitled “The King of Instruments”, a reference to works on the programme involving the organ, an instrument rarely heard in the symphony hall.
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| 6-Jul-2012 Davies Symphony Hall | Cirque Musica with the San Francisco Symphony |
 With the official season at a close, the San Francisco Symphony’s “Summer and the Symphony” is well underway with a collection of concerts designed to attract and welcome all audiences. Friday night’s offering was a collaboration with circus troupe Cirque Musica, partnering classical and popular repertoire with a variety of dazzling cirque acts.Read full review... | |
| 11-Dec-2011 Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall | French fantasy from the Philharmonia |
 Paul Mitchell.jpg) Paul Dukas' success rests almost exclusively upon his symphonic scherzo L'apprenti sorcier ("The Sorcerer's Apprentice"). Premièred in 1897, the year of Brahms' death, this orchestral tour-de-force illustrates Goethe's ballad in which a lazy apprentice tries to fulfil his wizard master's requests through his own inadequate magic, which results in rapidly-escalating chaos, only calmed at the end by his master's return.Read full review... | |
