orchestral works

Charles KWONG
Pastoral - after we perish (2020)
for Orchestra

2 2 2 2 - 2 2 0 0 - tmp - str

Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund

11 July 2020 WORLD PREMIÈRE
Hong Kong Sinfonietta | Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall

Charles KWONG: Pastoral - after we perish (2020)

Charles KWONG
a fictional overture (2017/2021)
for Orchestra

2 2(1.Eh) 2(1.bcl) 2(1.cbn) – 2 2 2 0 – 2perc – hp – str
perc: templeblks(5), flat bottle(2), whip, bd, flexatone

Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta 

28 March 2020 WORLD PREMIÈRE
Hong Kong Sinfonietta | Conductor: Christoph POPPEN
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall

Charles KWONG: a fictional overture (2017/2021)

Lullabies (2022)
for orchestra

commissioned by the LCSD, Hong Kong SAR Government for the 60th Anniversary of the Hong Kong City Hall

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Ed Gardner, conductor

recorded at Battersea Arts Centre in July 2022

Lullabies (2022) for orchestra

Charles KWONG
Infinity in the palm (2023)
for Orchestra

2(1.2/pic) 2 2(1.2/bcl) 2(1.cbn) - 4 2 2 0 - tmp+1 - str
perc: crot(B), whip, woodblks(5), templeblks(5), hi-hat, cowbells(2), bongo(2), sd, conga, floor tom, bd

Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta for the 2nd Hong Kong International Conducting Competition

26 March 2023 WORLD PREMIÈRE
Hong Kong Sinfonietta | Conductor: Yao-yu WU (Winner of Best Interpretation of the New Commissioned Work Prize)
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall

Charles KWONG: Infinity in the palm (2023)

// beforedark . hk . cn / for orchestra (2015)

commissioned and performed by Hong Kong Sinfonietta
conductor: Yip Wing-sie

// beforedark . hk . cn / (2015) for orchestra

Charles KWONG
As The Streams Never Cease (2013)
for orchestra

2(1.2/pic) 2(1.2/Eh) 2(1.2/bcl) 2 – 4 3 3 1 – 3perc – cel/pf – str
perc: glock, vib, sus cym(2), bd, chimes, crot, marim, tri, rain stick, gong, templeblks(5), tom-toms(5), whip, singing bowl on timpani

COMMISSIONED BY HONG KONG SINFONIETTA

WORLD PREMIÈRE
28 February 2014
Hong Kong Sinfonietta
YIP Wing-sie, conductor
Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall

Charles KWONG: As The Streams Never Cease (2013)

19.7.2017
world premiere at Gezeitenkonzerten 
Performer: Hong Kong Sinfonietta; Yip Wing-sie
venue: Große Reformierte Kirche Leer

At the Very End of Old Dreams (2017) for orchestra

Charles Kwong
鄺展維 
composer
www.charleskwong.com