A tribute to Bruckner’s life and music 布魯克納200週年紀念
BEYOND THE SPHERE OF GRIEF 悲外之境
11 JAN 2025
20th-century British choral masterworks 20世紀英國合唱傑作
CE QUI PÈSE ET NOURRIT 林間隙光
12 APR 2025
A celebration of the serene joy of life with two premieres 生命的寧靜喜悅，及兩部首演
MIT MIR ALS EIN KIND 忘我而安
2 JUL 2025
The Bach Dynasty: Music by the Bach family 巴赫家族經文歌
5 JUL 2025
Motets by Johann Sebastian Bach J S 巴赫經文歌
Since our inception in 2022, NOĒMA has been committed to delivering professional choral performances. We are immensely grateful to our audiences’ support in past performances at the Hong Kong Arts Festival, HKU MUSE, and Tai Kwun, which has propelled us forward.
This year marks an exciting milestone as we present our first fully-fledged concert season, featuring five unique performances across four thoughtfully curated programmes. Our repertoire spans from timeless masterpieces by Bruckner and Bach to works by leading contemporary composers, both local and international, including a world premiere.
We are incredibly excited to announce collaborations with two globally acclaimed awardwinning ensembles, Tenebrae and Vox Luminis, bringing choral singing of the highest calibre to Hong Kong audiences in three concerts.
We sincerely thank you for your continued support and invite you to witness NOĒMA’s growth and pursuit towards a new chapter for the local choral scene. Join us on a journey through profound musical landscapes that explore themes of devotion, grief, joy, and reflection, and experience the profound subtleties of life through music.
Sanders Lau is a multifaceted conductor with an unwavering conviction in choral music’s singular power to express and connect. He is the Artistic Director and founder of NOĒMA, and has established the choir as one of the most dynamic and innovative forces in the city’s choral landscape. Sanders believes home-bred professional choral performances will be vital in advancing the local scene. He is known for his approach to programme curation that sparks contemplation, blending standard repertoire with contemporary writings, many of which were Hong Kong and world premieres, in seamless narratives.
Sanders has also served as Resident Conductor with Die Konzertisten, where he has collaborated with a constellation of internationally renowned conductors, including Stephen Layton, Jonathan Cohen, and John Butt, and has cultivated a specialised interest in the historically informed performances of early music.
A highly sought-after choral artist, Sanders frequently guest-conducts, adjudicates, and offers masterclasses and clinics for eminent organisations such as the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Voices of Singapore Festival, and Hong Kong Inter-School Choral Festival. He is ardent about nurturing the next generation of choral leaders and has coached choirs from major universities in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau, as well as numerous other youth and school choirs. His conducting courses have been attended by hundreds of school music teachers and young professionals, furthering his impact on the choral community.
In 2023, Sanders won the First Prize and two Special Awards at the Romano Gandolfi International Competition for Choral Conductors. As a tenor, Sanders recently debuted as the Evangelist in Bach’s St John Passion.
NOĒMA (νόημα) originates from classical Greek and means ‘the content of thought’. In the Renaissance, music scholars adopted the term to describe homophonic singing for its ‘sweetly stimulating and soothing effect on the ears and spirit.’ This duality mirrors the ensemble’s intellectual and emotional approach to music.
NOĒMA is a leading chamber choir dedicated to advancing Hong Kong’s choral scene. Comprising some of the finest local choral musicians, the group has quickly become one of the city’s premier ensembles under the dynamic leadership of Artistic Director Sanders Lau, who founded the choir in 2022. NOĒMA has performed to critical acclaim, with invitations from eminent presenters, including MUSE of The University of Hong Kong (HKU), Tai Kwun, and most recently, the Hong Kong Arts Festival in the sold-out multimedia choral concert ‘Garden of Repose’. This cross-disciplinary performance was specifically designed and curated for the choir and has received high praise. It was nominated and shortlisted for the 2024 Classical:NEXT Innovation Award.
The choir’s ethos is centred on applying ideals of rhetoric –– the art of persuasion –– to its performances, always exploring and harnessing the expressive landscape in its repertoire. NOĒMA is known for its innovative and thoughtprovoking programming, creating profound dialogues among music, poetry, and spirituality, and reaffirming the relevance of choral art in contemporary society, offering a diverse and stimulating repertoire.
Collaborations are integral to NOĒMA’s endeavour. The group has partnered with artists such as the Cong Quartet, composer Adrian Wong, director/choreographer Ivanhoe Lam, and set designer Ruby Law. In the 2024/25 season, NOĒMA will again collaborate with Ivanhoe Lam in a multimedia theatrical performance as part of his artist residency at the East Kowloon Cultural Centre. Additionally, NOĒMA is partnering with the HKU Chamber Singers as part of the inaugural HKU Doming Lam Composition Prize, furthering its commitment to developing Hong Kong’s choral community.
In commemorating the 200th anniversary of Austrian composer Anton Bruckner, NOĒMA performs some of his most beloved unaccompanied motets. The programme is curated to highlight Bruckner’s virtues of patience and perseverance in his relentless pursuit of perfection throughout his artistic life. It also features the famous Miserere by Allegri and works by contemporary composers, including Arvo Pärt, Nico Muhly, and Kai-Young Chan. This concert pays tribute to the master, leading the audience through a journey of timelessness and serenity.
Free Pre-concert Talk for ticket holders; details to be announced.
$320, $220 (VIP $500)
Free seating within allocated areas
持票人可於 所屬區域自由就坐
Programme 曲目
Anton Bruckner 布魯克納
Pange lingua 《聖身奧妙》
Christus factus est 《基督承順至死》
Os justi 《義人口言智慧》
Locus iste 《此乃主所立》
Virga Jesse 《耶西之條》
Vexilla regis 《皇旗前導》
Hildergard von Bingen 聖賀德佳
Gregorio Allegri 亞歷基
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 帕勒斯堤納
Orlande de Lassus 拉素士
Arvo Pärt 帕特
Nico Muhly 慕禮
Caroline Shaw 蕭嘉蓮
Kai-Young Chan 陳啟揚
O virtus sapientiae 《上智之力》
Miserere mei, Deus 《上帝憐我》
Sicut cervusSitivit anima mea 《如鹿切慕溪水》
Gloriamur in tribulationibus 《患難亦樂》
Nunc dimittis 《求主頌》
I cannot attain unto it 《我不能及》
and the swallow 《燕得伏雛之巢》
Seeking, searching 《聲聲慢》
11 JAN 2025
11 JAN 2025
Choir 合唱 Sanders Lau 劉卓熙
Guest Singers 客席合唱歌手 +
$380, $280, $180 (VIP $600)
荃灣大會堂 演奏廳 NOĒMA
Conductor 指揮
The world-renowned British choir Tenebrae is acclaimed for its singing that exquisitely blends passion and precision, a sound so harmonious yet brimming with emotions. Their interpretations, from Renaissance monuments to contemporary works, have won many awards, including two BBC Music Magazine Awards, an Edison Classical Music Award, and a Grammy nomination. Four members of Tenebrae will join forces with NOĒMA to perform 20th-century British masterpieces, including Howells’s Requiem and Parry’s Songs of Farewell, a selection at the core of Tenebrae’s repertoire. This collaboration will showcase top-tier artistry and propels NOĒMA forward, sparking fresh artistic inspiration.
Free Pre-concert Talk for ticket holders; details to be announced.
持票觀眾可免費參加音樂會前講座；詳情稍後公布。
Choral Workshop 合唱工作坊
To be led by members of Tenebrae. Details will be announced later.
由黯聲合唱團成員 帶領，詳情稍後公布。
Auditorium, Tsuen Wan
Town Hall
The Lamb 《羔羊》
Lux aeterna 《永恆之光》
Faire is the heaven 《美哉天庭》
Hymn to St Cecilia 《聖西西利讚歌》
Requiem 《安魂曲》
Songs of farewell 《離別之歌》
‘For purity and precision of tone, and flawless intonation… Tenebrae is pretty much unbeatable.’
THE TIMES
Described as ‘phenomenal’ (The Times) and ‘devastatingly beautiful’ (Gramophone Magazine), award-winning choir Tenebrae is one of the world’s leading vocal ensembles, renowned for its passion and precision.
Under the direction of Nigel Short, Tenebrae performs at major festivals and venues across the globe, including the BBC Proms, Wigmore Hall, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Rheingau Musik Festival and Sydney Festival. The choir has earned international acclaim for its interpretations of choral works from the Renaissance through to contemporary masterpieces, and has commissioned new music from composers including Judith Bingham, Joanna Marsh, Owain Park, Josephine Stephenson, Joby Talbot and Roderick Williams. It has enjoyed collaborations with some of the UK’s leading orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, Aurora Orchestra, the Academy of Ancient Music and Britten Sinfonia.
Tenebrae has won two BBC Music Magazine Awards and an Edison Classical Music Award, and earned a Grammy nomination for its album Music of the Spheres. Its extensive recording catalogue comprises a wide range of music on labels including Signum, LSO Live and Warner Classics. The ensemble also undertakes regular session work, most recently contributing the vocals for the soundtrack to blockbuster sci-fi movie Avatar: The Way of Water (2022).
Alongside its performance and recording schedule, Tenebrae runs a thriving Learning & Connection programme, through which it works with hundreds of children, young people and amateur singers each year.
A celebration of the serene joy of life with two premieres 生命的寧靜喜悅，及兩部首演
CE QUI PÈSE ET NOURRIT
12 APR 2025
ce qui pèse et nourrit (fr): what weighs and what nourishes
Choir 合唱 Sanders Lau 劉卓熙
Conductor 指揮
Inspired by the poetic nature of ‘komorebi’, the Japanese word for sunlight filtering through leaves swaying in the wind, this programme celebrates the serene joy of life in the simplest of things. Highlights of the concert include the world premiere of a new work by the promising Hong Kong composer Adrian Wong, which NOĒMA commissioned, and the Hong Kong premiere of Footsteps by the emerging British composer Owain Park. Additionally, the programme features three sets of French chansons by Paul Hindemith, Darius Milhaud, and Morten Lauridsen, all with texts by the great Austrian literary pioneer Rainer Maria Rilke, in celebration of the poet’s 150th anniversary. Like sunlight streaming through branches, these translucent pieces illuminate every subtle moment of joy and delight.
Free Pre-concert Talk for ticket holders; details to be announced. 持票觀眾可免費參加音樂會前講座；詳情稍後公布。
$320, $220 (VIP $500)
Free seating within allocated areas
持票人可於 所屬區域自由就坐
Programme 曲目
Ildebrando Pizzetti 皮薩替
循道衞理 聯合教會 國際禮拜堂
Cade la sera 《向晚月昇》
Il giardino di Afrodite 《阿芙羅黛蒂園》
Claude Debussy 德布西
Darius Milhaud 米堯
Paul Hindemith 亨德密特
Morten Lauridsen 羅力信
Owain Park 帕克
Adrian Wong 黃子峻
Trois chansons de Charles d'Orléans 《三首奧爾良公爵香頌》
Quatrains valaisans 《瓦萊四行詩》
Six chansons 《六首香頌》
Chanson éloignée 《遐方香頌》
Footsteps (Hong Kong premiere) 《足跡》(香港首演)
A new commission (World premiere) 委約新作 (世界首演)
Motets by J S Bach and the Bach family J S
MIT MIR ALS EIN KIND
2 & 5 JUL 2025
mit mir als ein Kind (de): with me as a child
Guest Choir 客席合唱 + NOĒMA
Choir 合唱 Lionel Meunier 慕尼耶
Guest Director 客席總監
Vox Luminis 光輝之聲
The Bach Dynasty: Music by the Bach family
巴赫家族經文歌
St John’s Cathedral 2 JUL 2025 WED 8PM
$320, $220 (VIP $500)
Founded and led by Lionel Meunier, the early music ensemble Vox Luminis has claimed the international spotlight with its unique sound. The group performs over 70 concerts annually worldwide and specialises in the 17th and early 18th-century English, Italian, and German repertoire, which can be heard on some 20 critically acclaimed recordings that have won them numerous awards, including the prestigious Gramophone Recording of the Year Award, BBC Music Magazine Award, and Diapasons d’Or. In their Hong Kong debut, Vox Luminis and Lionel Meunier will perform in two concerts. One will feature single-choir motets by the members of the Bach family, and in the other one, they will be joined by NOĒMA in performing the crown jewel of the baroque vocal repertoire: the double-choir motets by J S Bach. Without a conductor, the two choirs will deliver the unconfinable genius of Bach with a shared passion and sensitivity to ensemble singing, promising a stunning close to NOĒMA’s first fully-fledged season.
Free Pre-concert Talk for ticket holders; details to be announced.
持票觀眾可免費參加音樂會前講座；詳情稍後公布。
Vocal Masterclass 聲樂大師班
To be taught by Lionel Meunier. Details will be announced later.
由慕尼耶指導， 詳情稍後公布。
聖約翰座堂
Free seating within allocated areas 持票人可於所屬區域自由就坐
Programme 曲目
Johann Sebastian Bach
J S 巴赫
and other single-choir motets by members of the Bach family
Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 《耶穌我之喜悦》 BWV 227
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230 《萬民當頌揚主》
BWV 230
Motets by Johann Sebastian Bach J
S 巴赫經文歌
5 JUL 2025 SAT 8PM
$380, $280, $180 (VIP $600)
Programme 曲目
Johann Sebastian Bach J S 巴赫
以及其他巴赫家族成員之 單合唱團經文歌 and other double-choir motets by members of the Bach family
以及其他巴赫家族成員之 雙合唱團經文歌
Auditorium, Tsuen Wan Town Hall
荃灣大會堂 演奏廳
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225 《向上主唱新歌》BWV 225
Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226
《伏求聖靈扶助》BWV 226
Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir, BWV 228 《勿懼因我偕爾》BWV 228
Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
《來兮，耶穌》BWV 229
Ich lasse dich nicht, BWV Anh 159
《我必不容爾去》 BWV Anh 159
VOX LUMINIS
光輝之聲
From its first notes in 2004, early music ensemble Vox Luminis has claimed the international spotlight with its unique sound. Founder, artistic director and bass Lionel Meunier composed the ensemble so each voice can shine solo and merge into one luminous fabric of sound. The ensemble specialises in the 17th and early 18th-century English, Italian, and German repertoire, including masterpieces and lesser-known gems.
In 2012, Vox Luminis won the Recording of the Year at the prestigious Gramophone Awards. Since then, the group has made near 20 recordings with Ricercar, Alpha Classics, Ramée and Musique in Wallonie, and has won numerous international prizes including ‘Klara Ensemble of the Year 2018’, BBC Music Magazine ‘Choral Award Winner 2018’, 3 Diapasons d’Or and several Preis der Deutschen Schalplattenkritik. The ensemble received another Gramophone Music Award in the ‘Choral’ category for its recording of Buxtehude: Abendmusiken (2019).
Every year Vox Luminis gives over 70 concerts at major concert halls and festivals worldwide, including Bozar Brussels, deSingel Antwerp, Auditorio Nacional Madrid, L’Auditori Barcelona, Wigmore Hall London, Philharmonie Berlin, Lincoln Center New York, Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, Musikfest Bremen, Bachfest Leipzig, Salzburger Festspiele, Aldeburgh Festival and Boston Early Music Festival.
Vox Luminis is artist in residence at Concertgebouw Brugge. In 2021, the ensemble launched a structural collaboration with the renowned Freiburger Barockorchester.
Internationally renowned as the founder and artistic director of the award-winning Belgian vocal ensemble Vox Luminis, French conductor and bass Lionel Meunier is praised for his detailed yet spirited interpretative approach and is one of the most dynamic and highly acclaimed artistic leaders in historical performance and choral music active today.
Lionel’s international breakthrough came in 2012 with Vox Luminis’ Gramophone Recording of the Year Award for their recording of Schütz’s Musicalische Exequien. Vox Luminis has since toured extensively concert tours throughout Europe, North America, and Asia; established multi-season residencies at Wigmore Hall, Aldeburgh Festival, Utrecht Early Music Festival, and Concertgebouw Brugge; and about 20 critically acclaimed albums.
As a guest conductor, Lionel is in high demand worldwide and has worked with the Netherlands Bach Society, Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Boston Early Music Festival, Juilliard 415, Orchestra B’Rock, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, and L’Achéron, among many others. Lionel maintains a close relationship with the Freiburger Barockorchester and regularly leads collaborative tours with Vox Luminis. He is also a guest conductor at Juilliard, Conservatoire de Paris, and Conservatorium Amsterdam.
Born in France, Lionel trained as a singer and recorder player and began his career as a bass in renowned ensembles such as Collegium Vocale Gent and Amsterdam Baroque Choir. In 2013, he was named the Citizen of the Year for culture in the Belgian town of Namur, where he lives with his family.
20th-century British choral masterworks 20世紀英國合唱傑作 1 4 2 5
MIT MIR ALS EIN KIND 忘我而安
The Bach Dynasty: Music by the Bach family 巴赫家族經文歌
BEYOND THE SPHERE OF GRIEF 悲外之境
Auditorium, Tsuen Wan Town Hall 11 JAN 2025 SAT 8PM
$380, $280, $180 (VIP $600)
荃灣大會堂 演奏廳
Motets by Johann Sebastian Bach J S 巴赫經文歌
2 JUL 2025 WED 8PM 5 JUL 2025 SAT 8PM
$320, $220 (VIP $500)
St John’s Cathedral
聖約翰座堂
Free seating within allocated areas
持票人可於所屬區域自由就坐
$380, $280, $180 (VIP $600)
Auditorium, Tsuen Wan Town Hall
荃灣大會堂 演奏廳
CE QUI PÈSE ET NOURRIT 林間隙光
A celebration of the serene joy of life with two premieres 生命的寧靜喜悅，及兩部首演 3
$320, $220 (VIP $500) Methodist International Church 12 APR 2025 SAT 8PM 循道衞理 聯合教會
國際禮拜堂
Free seating within allocated areas 持票人可於所屬區域自由就坐
Package Discount 套票優惠
Applicable to all concerts.
適用於所有節目。
10% discount for booking 2 or more of any concerts in the same transaction.
同時訂購任何 2 個節目或以上，即享 9 折優惠。
‘
Chiaroscuro’ Early-bird Discount
「黯光」早鳥優惠
Only applicable to concerts 2 and 5.
只適用於節目 2、5。
20% discount for booking within the early-bird periods* 於指定日期前 * 購票，即享 8 折優惠。
* Concert 2 discount available until 11 Dec 2024. 節目 2 優惠期至 2024 年 12 月 11 日。
Concert 5 discount available until 31 Jan 2025. 節目 5 優惠期至 2025 年 1 月 31 日。
‘Chiaroscuro’ Package Discount
「黯光」套票優惠
30% discount for booking concerts 2 and 5 in the same transaction#
同時訂購節目 2 及 5，即享 7 折優惠 #。
# Available until 11 Jan 2025. 優惠期至 2025 年 1 月 11 日。
購買貴賓門票，支持 NOĒMA 發展。
Get VIP tickets to support NOĒMA’s development.
Approximately 2 hours, including one interval. 演出長約 2小時，包括一節中場休息。
Tickets at art-mate 門票現於 art-mate 發售。
art-mate.net
Terms & Conditions
條款及細則
Discounts do not apply to VIP tickets.
優惠不適用於貴賓門票。
The lowest discount offer will be applied. 價錢以最優惠折扣計算。
Discounted tickets are limited and available on a firstcome, first-served basis.
優惠門票數量有限，先到先得，額滿即止。
Tickets sold are not refundable and not exchangeable. 所有門票一經售出，恕不退換。
Patrons are reminded to check their tickets before the transaction is completed.
請於網上交易完成前查核門票資料。
Recommended for ages 6 and above.
節目適合 6 歲及以上觀眾欣賞。
To avoid interrupting the performers and audience, latecomers will only be admitted at a suitable break or at the interval.
為免打擾台上演出及場内觀眾，遲到觀眾須待適當時候或中場 休息方可入座。
NOĒMA reserves the right to change the programme, venue, show schedule, seating arrangement and artists/performers. Should there be any changes, NOĒMA will update the relevant information on its website as far as practicable. In case of a dispute, the decision of NOĒMA is final.
NOĒMA 保留增減或更改節目、場地資料、場次、座位安排及
藝術家 / 演出者名單的權利。如有更新，本團將盡可能於網站 發布。如有爭議，本團保留最終決定權。
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