29 January 2010 (Fri) 8pm*
30 January 2010 (Sat) 3pm & 8pm
Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre

$170

* With post-performance meet-the-artist session
** There will be special seating arrangement, light wear is recommended

Brian Eno's Music for Airports
New Audio-Visual Counterpoint

Welcome on board airline CM! Fasten your seat belts as members of the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble takes you through a sample-infused electro-acoustic soundscape. Riveting electronic symphony and live video projections will reconstruct the old Kai Tak Airport - the real and the imagined - in this audio-visual portrait of a disappearing city.

Five of Hong Kong's best experimental musical talents will pay tribute to the Godfather of electronic music - experimentalist Brian Eno, whose Music for Airports single-handedly invented the genre that is now known as ambient music. This is certainly an experimental music mega event that you do not want to miss!

Refresh your ears with a CM hand-picked mix of experimental audio-visual compositions that promises to extend your horizon way beyond the cruising altitude.

Programme
Gaybird	The grid of elasticity II
Aenon Loo	Towards the Air
Tang Lok Yin	Clarinet Duet
Nerve (Steve Hui)	Aeolian FX -- Airport
Choi Sai Ho (S.T.)	Ten
Brian Eno, arr. Nerve	Music for Airports – new electro-acoustic arrangement *
* World Premiere
Live performance Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
Video Artists Adrian Yeung Silas Fong
Set and Lighting Design Priman Lee

Contemporary Musiking (CM)
Artistic Director: Samson Young
Today's Platform for Contemporary Music

Founded in 2007, is a Hong Kong-based arts organization that is solely devoted to the promotion and creation of contemporary music and experimental music. Since its inception, CM has impressed local and overseas audiences with its daring programming and highly experimental productions that merge contemporary music with technology and new media. Past productions include Electric Requiem: God Save the Queen, in collaboration with the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong ; Hong Kong Explode, a multimedia rendition of Bach's classic Two Part Invention, re-arranged for New York's DITHER electric guitar quartet; and Box of Revelation, a unique performance of Messiaen's epic Quartet for the End of Time that is housed inside of a Facebook-inspired interactive installation, staged by members of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta.

CM believes in contemporary music as a relevant performing art form, and sees the desperate need for a forward-looking platform for musical experiments in Hong Kong. CM regularly invites overseas musicians to collaborate with local composers. In addition, through its strategic partnership with arts organizations across genres, CM provides a cross-disciplinary, multi-media platform for composers to experiment, explore and expand.

The programme lasts for about 90 minutes with no intermission

Tickets available from 18 December onwards at all URBTIX outlets

*Half-price tickets 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 available on a first-come-first-served basis). Concessionary ticket holders must produce evidence of their identity or age upon admission

*Group Booking Discount
10% off for each purchase of 4 - 9 tickets;
15% off for each purchase of 10 - 19 tickets;
20% off for each purchase of 20 or more tickets

*Each ticket admits one person only. Patrons can enjoy only one of the above discount schemes for each purchase. Please inform the box office staff at the time of purchase

Programme Enquiries: 2268 7323
Ticketing Enquiries & Reservations: 2734 9009
Credit Card Telephone Booking: 2111 5999
Internet Booking: www.urbtix.hk

Audience of age 6 or above are welcome

Audience are strongly advised to arrive punctually. No latecomers will be admitted until suitable break in the programme
The contents of this programme do not represent the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
The presenter reserves the right to substitute artists and change the programme should unavoidable circumstances make it necessary

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