Hong Kong Voices: "The Banquet at elBulli"—Premiere Varied on the short story by Ping-Kwan Leung Semi-staged cantata | Sung in Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles “They attended the banquet as promised—had they got something to tell us?” A writer and his old friends embarked on a gastronomic pilgrimage and arrived at the legendary molecular gastronomy restaurant elBulli one night; along with a young poet and a dancer, they savoured the various tastes of life, nostalgic or melancholic, astounding or forgiving... “The Banquet at elBulli” from Postcolonial Affairs of Food and the Heart is a short story by the late Hong Kong writer Ping-Kwan Leung. Led by conductor Grace Chiang, local chamber choir Hong Kong Voices collaborates with theatre practitioner Clement Lee and composer Daniel Lo; together we present to you this reconstructed “banquet” in the form of a semi-staged cantata, returning to the ritual origin of performing arts and initiating a dialogue between music, literature and theatre. 2020.01.11 (Sat) 8 pm (with post-performance artists talk) 2020.01.12 (Sun) 3:30 pm Multi-media Theatre, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity $250 / $120^ (Free seating) Tickets are now available at URBTIX http://www.urbtix.hk/internet/eventDetail/39814 ^ Full-time students, senior citizens aged 60+ or people with disabilities (with quota) 音樂會招待五歲或以上人士 演出全長約一小時，不設中場休息 本計劃由香港藝術發展局資助 香港和聲保留更改節目及演出者之權利 For ages 5 or above 1-hour programme without intermission This programme is supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council Programme and artists are subject to change