{"id":2660,"date":"2026-04-23T02:51:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chambermusic1-avh6g9b4hdhgc0av.eastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=2660"},"modified":"2026-08-21T08:39:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:39:56","slug":"post-69-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chambermusic1-avh6g9b4hdhgc0av.eastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=2660","title":{"rendered":"A Vocal Celebration of Love and Longing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Date and time:<\/strong>
8 September 2026, Tue, 7:00p.m.

Venue:<\/strong>
Ladies\u2019 Recreation Club \u2013 Function and Dining Rooms<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ticket prices: <\/strong>
Concert Only $280; Concert & Dinner $680
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Programme:<\/strong>

Berlioz: Les Nuits d’\u00e9t\u00e9 Berlioz <\/em>
“Villanelle”
“Le Spectre de la rose”
“Au cimeti\u00e8re: Clair de lune”

Schubert\/ Liszt: Der M\u00fcller und der Bach
Duparc: “Chanson triste”
Puccini: “Donde Lieta Usci” from La Boh\u00e8me <\/em>
Bizet: \u201cJe dis que rien ne m\u2019\u00e9pouvante\u201d from Carmen <\/em>

-Intermission-
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Strauss: “Presentation of the Rose” from Der Rosenkavalier <\/em>
Saint-Sa\u00ebns: \u201cMon Coeur s\u2019ouvre \u00e0 ta voix\u201d from Samson et Delilah<\/em>
Frank Bridge: “Love went a-riding”
Anton\u00edn Dvo\u0159\u00e1k: \u201cM\u011bs\u00ed\u010dku na nebi hlubok\u00e9m\u201d from Rusalka<\/em>
Bellini: “Ah, non credea mirarti” from La Sonnambula <\/em>
Granados: El Pelele
Trenet\/ Weissenberg: En Avril, \u00e0 Paris
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About Artists:<\/strong>
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Soprano
Phoebe Tam<\/strong><\/strong>

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 boh\u00e8me, and regularly appears as a concert and oratorio soloist.

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Mezzo-soprano
Samantha Chong<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
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Piano
John Lee<\/strong>

Hailed as \u201ca young but immense pianist\u201d displaying \u201chis absolute control and unwavering technique, combined with elegance, natural phrasing\u201d (La Verdad, cr\u00edticas de m\u00fasica), John Lee quickly won over audience and critics alike over his d\u00e9but performance with the Murcia Symphony Orchestra (\u00d6SRM) in Spain, which was described as a \u201csurpassing performance over the preceded\u2019.
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