As the Ensemble membership grew in numbers and it's musicians strive for more challenge the concert program on 14th April 2002 was:

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Academic Festival Overture Op.80
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907): Solvejg's Song from Peer Gynt Op.64
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904): Song to the Moon from Rusalka Op.114
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): Symphony No.1 in D major
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The soprano was F. F. Poon.   The Ensemble was very fortunate to have the recording skills or Glenn Fok & Raymond Lo who took on this Herculean task.  This concert was for the local charity organization Youth Outreach and was at the Loke Yew Hall, H.K. University.

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The SAR Ensemble then gave a concert at the City Hall Concert Hall on 7th October 2001. The extensive programme was:

J. STRAVINSKY: Pulcinella Suite
J.S. BACH: Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042
G. MAHLER: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
N.DELLO JOIO: Aria and Toccata for Two Pianos from Suite No.2, Op,17
S.RACHMANINOFF: Romance and Tarantella
W. LUTOSLAWSKI; Paganini Variations for Two Pianos
F. POULENC: Concerto in D minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra

We were fortunate to have the famous U.S.A. Piano Duo Correa & Stroup for the Poulenc.  The soloist in Bach's violin concerto was Y. S. Liu, the H.K. Philharmonic¡¦s first concertmaster.  This concert was to raise funds for the China Literacy Foundation.

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