• 10 May x 10 Years: A French Celebration

    10 May, 2017 at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
    with
    The Learners Orchestra

  • Lux Aeterna

    January 15, 2017 at Ward Memorial Methodist Church
    with
    The Learners Orchestra

  • Mozart Great Mass in C minor

    September 16, 2016 at Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
    with
    The Learners Orchestra

  • Around the World in 80 Minutes

    London Debut
    July 24, 2016 at St John’s Smith Square, London

  • Songs of Praise - in Voces Multi

    January 17, 2016 at The Church of Christ in China Mongkok Church
    with
    The Learners Orchestra

  • La Musica Sacra Italiana

    July 31, 2015 at Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
    with
    The Learners Orchestra
    Hong Kong University Students’ Union Choir
    The Hong Kong Children’s Choir Chamber Youth
    Wa Ying College Choir

  • Ein Deutsches Requiem

    August 22, 2014 at Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
    with
    The Learners Orchestra

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Bach | Mass in B minor

We will be performing Bach’s monumental
Mass in B minor in September, along with the Learners Orchestra, at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall

September 9, 2023 (Saturday), 8:00 p.m.

Beethoven | Symphony No.9

Learners’ singers joined the Hong Kong Philharmonic Chourus to sing Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 “Choral” in the Season Closing Concert for Macao Orchestra’s 2022-23 Season at the Macao Culttural Centre Grand Auditorium.

July 29, 2023 (Saturday), 8:00 p.m.

Brahms | A German Requiem

Learners sang with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus in two performances of Brahms’
A German Requiem, a work of comfort for the living and one of the greatest German Romantic works for chorus.

April 21, 2023 (Friday), 8:00 p.m.
April 22, 2023 (Saturday), 8:00 p.m.

Performances in 2023

  • Macao Orchestra 2022-23 Season Closing Concert: Ode to Beethoven

    July 29, 2023 (Saturday)
    Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium

    Learners’ singers joined
    with
    Macao Orchestra
    Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus

    conducted by Kuokman Lio

  • Brahms | A German Requiem

    April 21, 2023 (Friday)
    April 22, 2023 (Saturday)
    Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall

    with
    Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
    Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus

    conducted by Cornelius Meister

  • UC Conductors Through the Ages - III

    12 February, 2023 (Saturday)
    Methodist International Church Sanctuary

    conducted by Apollo Wong, Jason Liu, Samantha Chin, Samuel Seet & Thomas Wong

  • Bach’s Mass in B minor

    September 9, 2023 (Saturday)
    Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall

    with
    The Learners Orchestra

    conducted by Apollo Wong

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