A Vocal Celebration of
Love and Longing
Hong Kong Chamber Music Society
proudly presents
A Vocal Celebration of Love and Longing
Date and time:
8 September 2026, Tue, 7:00p.m.
Venue:
Ladies’ Recreation Club – Function and Dining Rooms
Ticket prices:
Concert Only $280; Concert & Dinner $680
Programme:
Berlioz: Les Nuits d’été Berlioz
“Villanelle”
“Le Spectre de la rose”
“Au cimetière: Clair de lune”
“L’Île inconnue”
Antonín Dvořák:
“Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” from Rusalka Strauss
“Presentation of the Rose” from Der Rosenkavalier
Bizet: “Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante” from Carmen
Bellini: “Ah, non credea mirarti” from La Sonnambula
Puccini: “Donde Lieta Usci” from La Bohème
Duparc: “Chanson triste”
Goyescas, Cuadro III: “Porqué entre sombras el ruiseñor”
Frank Bridge: “Love went a-riding”
Granados: El Pelele
Schubert/ Liszt: Der Müller und der Bach
Trenet/ Weissenberg: En Avril, à Paris
About Artists:
Soprano
Phoebe Tam
Soprano Phoebe Tam, a graduate of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the Mannes College of Music under a full Hong Kong Jockey Club scholarship, was a Jockey Club Opera Hong Kong Young Artist. A finalist in international competitions, she has performed leading roles from Le nozze di Figaro to La traviata and La bohème, and regularly appears as a concert and oratorio soloist.
Mezzo-soprano
Samantha Chong
Mezzo-soprano Samantha Chong, winner of the inaugural ASEAN Vocal Competition and Malaysia’s 41st National Singing Competition, launched her career with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Opera Hong Kong, Hong Kong Grand Opera and Musica Viva. She has sung roles such as Carmen, Rosina, Suzuki and Cherubino, and appeared in works from Madama Butterfly to Philip Glass’s Book of Longing. A Master of Music graduate of HKAPA, she is now on its vocal faculty.
Piano
John Lee
Hailed as “a young but immense pianist” displaying “his absolute control and unwavering technique, combined with elegance, natural phrasing” (La Verdad, críticas de música), John Lee has quickly won over audience and critics alike over his début performance with the Murcia Symphony Orchestra (ÖSRM) in Spain, which was described as a “surpassing performance over the preceded’.