Hong Kong Cultural Centre Venue Partnership Scheme: Swire Maestro Series - “Kahchun Wong Conducts Mendelssohn and Beethoven” by Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

The conductor of the performances of "Swire Maestro Series: Gatti Conducts Mendelssohn and Beethoven" has been replaced by Kahchun Wong. Ticket-holders may admit with their original tickets according to the date on ticket. (Updated on 12 JAN 2026 16:00) BEETHOVEN | Egmont Overture, op. 84 MENDELSSOHN | Symphony no. 4 in A major, op. 90, Italian BEETHOVEN | Symphony no. 4 in B flat major, op. 60 The HK Phil presents a programme of classical elegance and delight. The concert opens with Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, distilling Goethe’s tragedy into a journey from oppression to triumph. Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony, composed during his Grand Tour and described by the composer as “the most joyful piece I have yet composed,” radiates Mediterranean colour — sunlit skies, solemn processions, majestic monuments and a Neapolitan saltarello. Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony, written between the heroic Third and the iconic Fifth, crowns the evening in uplifting B flat major.