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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, and maybe even if you have, you’re probably well aware that this Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR. To mark the occasion, President Xi Jinping is visiting Hong Kong for the first time since taking the reins of the nation four years ago. His three-day itinerary is packed, and includes visits to the People’s Liberation Army garrison and major infrastructural projects. Security measures will be stringent: a third of Hong Kong’s 29,000 police force is deployed for his visit. There’s not much chance that the president will get to see much of the real Hong Kong or even encounter any dissenting opinions. Anxiety and uncertainties both before and since the Handover have provided plenty of inspiration for Hong Kong’s artists, musicians, filmmakers, photographers and other creative minds. This week, we’re bringing you the first of our 20th anniversary features, and we’re focusing on music.
Much of Hong Kong’s popular music scene is pretty bland and homogenous, usually borrowing heavily from Western pop hits. But there is a group of musicians in the music scene, including the legendary Beyond and Tat Ming Pair, that have been making more personal, and even socially oriented music since at least in the mid-1980s. Led by Lenny Kwok Tat-lin, the band Blackbird is often referred to as one of the godfather bands of Hong Kong indie music. Their music fuses rock, blues, folk, punk, and often has strong political overtones.
Most of us associate the chamber choir with Western classical music traditions. The repertoire of Hong Kong Voices, a choir established in 2000, usually very much follows that pattern, and includes Renaissance, Baroque and other classical choral works. But as a Hong Kong based chamber choir, the group also wants to bring its music closer to the local audience. Early this month, the ensemble paired local composers with Chinese-language writers to reflect on Hong Kong’s identity through music and literature.
That’s it for us from this week. Next week, Hong Kong ‘s past 20 years through the lenses of photographers and filmmakers. If you missed part of this week’s show or liked it so much you want to see it again, don’t forget you can do so on RTHK’s website or our Facebook page, RTHK’s The Works.
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