Music @ The Royal London Hospital - Lance Mok and Karen Wong - a talented piano/flute duo perform
It was back in July last year that Karen and Lance first played in the hospital, and today it was a pleasure to see them return to entertain us again. Both natives of Hong Kong, Karen (flute, piccolo, and traverso) and Lance (piano performance and music composition) are experts on their respective instruments, and today's recital served to demonstrate their expertise.
Both are also multiple international prize winners, and Karen's most recent nomination is as a Britten Pears Young Artist 2024/25, while Lance is making his name as a versatile composer with many international commissions and collaborations to his credit. They each perform solo concerts, and also make music with a number of other performers and ensembles; they both teach music, Lance is an RSM Board examiner, and Karen is a qualified coffee barista!
For more information about Lance and Karen, please visit their own websites here:
https://www.lancemok.com/
https://www.wongkawingkaren.com/
Today's programme included "D'un matin de printemps" by Lili Boulanger (recorded here);
A suite by Maurice Ravel, arr. by Alain Craens: "Ma mère l'Oye" (Mother Goose):
1. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant (Pavane of Sleeping Beauty)
2. Petit Poucet (Little Tom Thumb)
3. Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes (Little Ugly Girl, Empress of the Pagodas)
4. Les entretiens de la belle et la bête (Conversations of Beauty and the Beast)
5. Le jardin féerique (The Fairy Garden)
Philippe Barnes & Tom Phelan: "The All-Knowing Salmon"
Sergei Prokofiev (arr. Karen Wong): "Summer Night", Op. 123 - IV. Dreams
Joe Hisaishi: Selections from "Totoro & Spirited Away"
Thank you to Karen and Lance for volunteering your time and enthusiastic performance for the benefit of the patients, visitors and staff of the hospital. We look forward to next time!
