Baroque Music Lecture Series: Bach & Beyond

Introduction

Comprising eight interesting and educational lectures hosted by local music critic William Ting and his guests, the lecture will discuss Bach’s music style and characteristics as well as the correlation between his music and different art works from or beyond the Baroque era.

(Conducted in Cantonese)

Lecture Topic

13.8 (Sat) Polyphony: Bach's Music and Baroque Architecture

To explore the main characters of Bach's compositions as well as the correlation between music and Baroque architecture.

20.8 (Sat) Code: Behind Notes

To understand the psyche of Bach by deciphering the secret codes and hidden messages behind his music.

27.8 (Sat) Fugue: Music and Painting

An introduction to fugue, and how painters present a fugue in various visual techniques as Bach has done in music.

3.9 (Sat) Canon: When Art Meets Science

To find common elements in music, visual arts and mathematical logic by going through a book entitled "Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid".

7.9 (Wed) Equal temperament: Tune the Tone (Guest speaker: Cheng Kwok-kuen)

To offer a brief history of music tuning, including the interesting stories about equal temperament.

21.9 (Wed) 1685: Bach, Handel and Scarlatti

To understand the variety of Baroque music by introducing three influential composers of the same age but had very different musical characters.

5.10 (Wed) Counterpoint: Music, Literature and Movies

To explore how Bach's music and compositional techniques are applied to Hollywood movies and classic modern novels.

19.10 (Wed) Style: Interpretations of 'Goldberg Variations' (Guest speaker: Chung Chi-woo)

Taking the "Goldberg Variations" as an example to discuss how to appreciate and judge musical interpretations.

Each lecture will run for about 1 hour 30 minutes.

The programme does not represent the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. 

The presenter reserves the right to change the programmes and substitute speaker.

William Ting (Speaker)

Graduated from the Hong Kong Baptist University, William Ting received his Master Degree in Historical Musicology from the Royal Holloway, University of London, and is now a life member of the International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong). Being a local music critic, Ting’s writings are widely published in art magazines, newspapers and on the Internet. As a musicologist, Ting has conducted public lectures and participated in music conferences both in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.

Cheng Kwok-kuen (Guest Speaker)

Cheng Kwok-Kuen serves as a Piano Technologist and teaching staff in The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA).  Cheng received the Certificate in Piano Technology after his graduation from the HKAPA and New England Conservatory (NEC), Boston, the USA.  He had a practical training in the Steinway & Sons Germany factory in 2002 and participated in the Annual Piano Technicians Guild Convention and Technical Institute hosted by the Piano Technicians Guild (PTG) in the United States in 2006, where he was awarded the Registered Piano Technician. 

Chung Chi-woo (Guest Speaker)

Chung Chi-Woo received his early musical training from Raymond Young and Nancy Loo.  Alongside his music studies, he achieved a degree in Engineering at the University of Hong Kong.  He earned the Bachelor and Master degrees in Piano Performance at the Manhattan School of Music in New York, where he studied piano with Zenon Fishbein.  He has performed in master classes with renowned pianists such as Arie Vardi, Volker Banfield and Arthur Greene. 

Information provided by the speakers

Baroque Music Lecture Series: Bach & Beyond

DATE

VENUE

PRICE

13.08.2022 - 03.09.2022
(Sat, 3pm)

Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Museum of Art

$60

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07.09.2022 - 19.10.2022
(Wed, 7:30pm)

Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Space Museum

$60

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DATE

13.08.2022 - 03.09.2022
(Sat, 3pm)

VENUE

Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Museum of Art

PRICE

$60

BUY NOW

DATE

07.09.2022 - 19.10.2022
(Wed, 7:30pm)

VENUE

Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Space Museum

PRICE

$60

BUY NOW

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Half-price tickets available for senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and the minder, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients (limited tickets for CSSA recipients available on a first come, first served basis).

‘Baroque Music Lecture Series’ Package Discount

For each purchase of standard tickets, the following concession applies: 10% off for any 2 lectures; 15% off for any 3 lectures and 20% off for any 4 lectures or more.

Group Booking Discount

For each purchase of standard tickets, the following concession applies: 10% off for 4-9 tickets; 15% off for 10-19 tickets; 20% off for 20 or more tickets.

Patrons can enjoy only one of the above discount offers.

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