Update on 6/1/2022: 【Concert Cancellation】 “Yu Long | Tchaikovsky 5” on 14 & 15 Jan 2022 In view of the latest situation of COVID-19, further measures have to be adopted to maintain social distancing. All performance venues under the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, including the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, will be closed from 7 Jan to 20 Jan 2022. The advertised performances of “Yu Long | Tchaikovsky 5” (14 & 15 Jan 2022) held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall have been cancelled. Refund arrangements will be announced on our website in due course. Thank you for your support and understanding. Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (6 Jan 2022)

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PROMGRAMME RIMSKY-KORSAKOV | The Tsar’s Bride OvertureListen HAYDN | Trumpet Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY | Symphony no. 5 The concert opens with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Overture to The Tsar’s Bride, an operabased on a play by Lev Mey concerning Tsar Ivan IV whose third wife died on the day of her wedding. The Overture portrays this romantic tragedy filled with drama and tension. Named Principal Trumpet of the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra in 2017 at the age of 20 and highly acclaimed by Bangkok Post as one of the Thailand's “most exciting musical prospects”, HK Phil Guest Principal Trumpet Nitiphum Bamrungbanthum, will perform Haydn’s remarkable Trumpet Concerto, the third movement of which was used in the popular Netflix TV Series, Squid Game. Marking a triumphant and unforgettable end to the evening, Tchaikovsky’s glorious Symphony no. 5 will perfectly showcase the passion of Yu Long and the HK Phil. ARTISTS Yu Long, conductor Nitiphum Bamrungbanthum, trumpet