Sean Shibe and Ema Nikolovska: Orlando Variations 蕭恩施貝與艾瑪 · 妮歌露芙絲嘉： 奧蘭多變奏曲

Sean Shibe and Ema Nikolovska: Orlando Variations 蕭恩施貝與艾瑪 · 妮歌露芙絲嘉： 奧蘭多變奏曲 

Orlando Variations: an innovative exploration of the Orlando myth

Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe returns to Premiere Performances following his triumphant 2024 Hong Kong debut. Joined this time by mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska in her Hong Kong debut, these two imaginative and daringly original artists bring their genre-defying programme, Orlando Variations, to Hong Kong audiences. Both former BBC New Generation Artists and Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award winners, Shibe and Nikolovska are celebrated for their fearless artistry and virtuosity. Having received critical acclaim at major concert venues including Wigmore Hall and Pierre Boulez Saal, Orlando Variations arrives in Hong Kong before continuing its global tour across North America and Europe, including stops at New York’s 92NY, the Vancouver Recital Society and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.

The programme traces the legendary troubadour Orlando’s journey across centuries and continents, mixing passages from Virginia Woolf’s fantastical novel with music by Schubert, Dowland, Bob Dylan, Laurie Anderson, Thomas Adès and more. This immersive and imaginative programme blends historical storytelling with modern musical innovation, using acoustic and electric soundscapes to explore themes from courtly love to identity. Bold and boundary-pushing, this duo promises an exciting and original musical experience.

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Previous Appearances

Multi-Gramophone Award winner and Leonard Bernstein Award recipient Sean Shibe made his Hong Kong debut with us in September 2024 with two very different recitals, a solo programme featuring Thomas Adés’ Forgotten Dances, as well as the acclaimed Broken Branches project with tenor Karim Sulayman.

Widely acclaimed as one of the most visionary and versatile guitarists of his generation, Sean blew audiences away with his genre-defying artistry. His electrifying debut proved once again that with Premiere Performances, You Heard Them Here First.

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Programme

MASSENET

O Souverain, ô Juge, ô Père

DOWLAND

Prelude

Come Again, Sweet Love

Think’st Thou Then By Thy Feigning

Come, Heavy Sleep

Orlando Sleepeth

Sasha SCOTT

1000 Parts of You

Detlev GLANERT

Orlando-Lieder (selections)

Thomas ADÈS

The Exterminating Angel (excerpts)

SCHUBERT

Einsamkeit from Winterreise

So lasst mich scheinen

Cassandra MILLER

Dream Memorandum (It Reminded Me of the Truth)

Hans ABRAHAMSEN

See the Limpid Spring 

VIARDOT

Aimez-moi

DYLAN

Masters of War

Laurie ANDERSON

O Superman (with electronics by Sasha Scott)

《奧蘭多變奏曲》：奧蘭多神話的探索之旅

繼2024年廣受好評的香港首演，蘇格蘭結他演奏家蕭恩施貝載譽回歸飛躍演奏香港舞台。是次他將與首度來港的女中音艾瑪・妮歌露芙絲嘉攜手合作。兩位意念前衛的音樂家，將為香港觀眾呈獻充滿想像力的創新節目，《奧蘭多變奏曲》。施貝與妮歌露芙絲嘉同為英國廣播公司前「新世代藝術家」及波爾列堤–布依東尼基金獎項得主，以鮮明的藝術個性、無畏的探索精神及精湛造詣享譽樂壇。《奧蘭多變奏曲》曾於威格摩音樂廳、皮耶・布列茲音樂廳等世界知名音樂殿堂演出，廣獲樂評及觀眾讚譽。是次香港站演出後，節目將繼續巡演至北美及歐洲，並於紐約92NY、溫哥華演奏會協會、漢堡易北愛樂廳等著名音樂殿堂上演。

節目將追溯傳奇吟遊詩人奧蘭多跨越數個世紀與大洲的旅程，將吳爾芙奇幻小說的選段，與跨越時代的音樂作品巧妙結合——從文藝復興時期的作曲家道蘭（John Dowland），到浪漫派作曲家馬斯奈（Jules Massenet）與舒伯特，再到包括卜戴倫、安德森（Laurie Anderson）以及阿迪斯（Thomas Adès）在內的當代音樂家。這齣極具沉浸感的節目將歷史敘事與現代音樂創新融合，同時展現原聲與電結他的音景，探索從宮廷之愛到自我身分的多元主題。這對不斷打破既定框架的組合，必將為你帶來一場耳目一新的音樂體驗。 

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與飛躍演奏香港的初次合作

多度榮獲留聲機大獎及伯恩斯坦大獎的蕭恩施貝，於 2024 年 9 月飛躍演奏系列中首次亮相香港，呈獻兩場風格迥異的音樂會——一場結他獨奏會，呈獻多首全原聲古典結他曲目，包括阿迪斯的《被遺忘的舞蹈》，以及與男高音蘇萊曼備受好評的音樂企劃《斷枝》。

作為同代中最具前瞻性與多元才華的結他演奏家之一，蕭恩施貝不斷打破既定框架，以極具想像力的演繹贏得世界各地的讚譽。他令人難忘的首演再次讓我們傲然宣告：飛躍之星，首演於此。

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節目

馬斯奈

 〈主啊，法官啊，父親啊〉

道蘭德

前奏曲

〈再臨吧，甜蜜的愛〉

〈莫道虛情能瞞天〉

〈來吧，沉睡〉

〈奧蘭多入睡〉

莎夏·史考特

《你的一千個碎片》

德特勒夫·葛蘭納特

《奧蘭多之歌》（選段）

湯瑪斯·阿迪斯

《滅絕天使》（選段）

舒伯特

〈孤獨〉（選自《冬之旅》）

〈就讓我保持這般模樣吧〉

卡桑德拉·米勒

《夢之備忘錄（它讓我想起了真相）》

漢斯·阿布拉漢森

〈看那清澈的泉水〉

維阿多

〈愛我吧〉

卜戴倫

《戰爭的主宰》

羅里·安德森

《超人》（電子音樂設計：莎夏·史考特）