GRAMMY AWARD®-NOMINATED COMPOSER
ANGEL LAM CURATES
—HONG KONG JOURNEYS—
AN EVENING OF MUSIC & THEATER THAT SHOWCASES
THE DIVERSE CULTURAL RICHNESS OF HONG KONG
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2022 AT 7:30PM AT MERKIN HALL
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Program Includes Two World Premieres:
George Lam's Postcard & Chad Cannon's 145 Waterloo Road
Artists in the Spotlight:
Harmonica World Champion, Gordon Lee Performs
Shigeru Umebayashi's "Yumeji's Theme"
from the film In The Mood For Love,
arranged for Harmonica and Ensemble
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Semi-Staged Excerpts of Angel Lam’s Theatrical Work Lost Shanghai,
Featuring an All-Asian Cast of Celebrated Broadway Singers
and Award-Winning Stage Director Richard Caliban is the
Centerpiece of the Evening
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New York, NY October 31, 2022 — On Friday, December 2 at 7:30pm, New York’s Merkin Hall will be abuzz with a celebration of the sights and sounds of Hong Kong. Grammy Award®-Nominated Composer, Angel Lam, curates Hong Kong Journeys, a collection of vignettes and meditations inspired by the people of this cosmopolitan and culturally rich city. Through music and theater, audiences will travel across time from Hong Kong’s modest beginnings to its current status as one of the world’s most important metropolises.
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Presented by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York, Hong Kong Journeys is part of the 25th Anniversary celebratory programs marking the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Hong Kong Journeys is also supported by grants from Opera America and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
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Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online through Merkin Hall's events page, or in person by visiting the Merkin Hall box office located at 129 West 67th Street between the hours of 8:30 am – 9 pm from Sunday through Thursday and 8:30 am – 4 pm on Fridays or by calling 212.501.3330. Additionally, $10 student and $20 senior tickets are also available for this performance.
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The evening begins with semi-staged excerpts from Angel Lam’s theatrical piece, Lost Shanghai. Taking inspiration from her grandfather, Lam’s evocative work is a musical love story about ambition, espionage, betrayal, and redemption set in the tumultuous revolutionary days leading to the fall of Shanghai and a mass exodus to Hong Kong. The all-Asian cast of lauded Broadway singer/actors includes Gen Parton-Shin, Kai An Chee, Mandarin Wu and Karl Josef Co. Lost Shanghai is directed by Richard Caliban with projection design by Andrew Freeburg.
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The second half of the program begins with two exciting world premieres: George T.K. Lam's Postcard which takes its inspiration from the soundscape of modern Hong Kong and Chad Cannon, the composer of the Oscar-winning documentary American Factory. Cannon's new work, 145 Waterloo Road, highlights Hong Kong as a major port for Chinese immigration to California throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Also included on the program is award-winning Hong Kong composer Fung Lam’s I. Circles, II. Reminiscence, with video by Anthony Lai, with Angel Lam's Fragrant Harbour and Shigeru Umebayashi’s Yumeji's Theme from the film In the Mood for Love, arranged for harmonica and ensemble, featuring the world champion harmonica player Gordon Lee. Additional instrumentalists for the evening, include Yang Yi, gu zheng player; Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinetist; Patrick Yim, violinist; Ben Larsen, cellist; Hyungjin Choi, pianist; and Alex Wyatt, percussionist.
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Friday, December 2, 2022 at 7:30 pm
Merkin Hall, Kaufman Music Center
Gordon Lee, harmonica
Yang Yi, gu zheng
Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinet
Patrick Yim, violin
Ben Larsen, cello
Hyungjin Choi, piano
Alex Wyatt, percussion
Singers/Actors:
Kai An Chee
Mandarin Wu
Gen Parton-Shin
Karl Josef Co
Richard Caliban, stage director
Andrew Freeburg, projection design
Mandarin Wu, choreography consultant
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Hong Kong Journeys
ANGEL LAM: Lost Shanghai, excerpts
GEORGE LAM: Postcard (World Premiere)
CHAD CANNON: 145 Waterloo Road (World Premiere)
FUNG LAM: I. Circles, II. Reminiscence, with video by Anthony Lai
ANGEL LAM: Fragrant Harbour
SHIGERU UMEBAYASHI: "Yumeji's Theme" from In the Mood for Love
Merkin Concert Hall program page
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PRESS TICKETS & INQUIRIES |
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Milina Barry PR
212.420.0200
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Hong Kong Journeys is presented by the Hong Kong Economic and
Trade Office, New York, and is part of the celebratory programs of the 25th Anniversary of the
establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Hong Kong Journeys is also supported by grants from Opera America and
the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
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