Lunch Time Concert - Karen Wong and Lance Mok

Programme

Karl Frühling: Fantasie, Op. 55

Lili Boulanger: D’un matin de printemps (1917)

Maurice Ravel (arr. Alain Craens): Ma mère l’Oye (1908, 2018)

Sergei Prokofiev (arr. Karen Wong): Summer Night, Op. 123 - IV. Dreams

Francis Poulenc: Flute Sonata, FP 164

Karen Wong (flute/piccolo) is a member of the Southbank Sinfonia 2023/24 and has recently worked with London Symphony Orchestra, Northern Ballet Sinfonia, Scottish Ballet Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, and Taipei Music Academy and Festival Orchestra. In 2022, she won the British Flute Society Young Artist Competition and the 2nd Prize in the Tampere Flute Fest Piccolo Competition (Finland). Her recent concerto engagements include those with the Klangkollektiv Wien (Austria), at the London Handel Festival, and the Bach for Good Festival (UK), while her solo career has brought her around the UK and Hong Kong, and to the US, Belgium, and Germany. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with distinction both in her Artist Diploma and her Master of Performance in Orchestral Artistry.

Lance Mok's (piano/composer) versatile career as a recital and concerto soloist, chamber musician, and répétiteur has brought him around the world from the UK and Hong Kong to the Netherlands, Finland, Poland, Korea, Taiwan, Macau, and the US. His performances have been broadcast on radio and television across the continents, and were used in films and documentaries. His compositions have recently been performed in such venues and occasions as St John’s Smith Square (London), O. Festival (Rotterdam), and French May Arts Festival (HK). Commissions have come from the Ponte London Orchestra, Playground Ensemble (US), and Hong Kong Piccolo Association, amongst others. Lance is a master’s graduate in Piano Performance from the Royal College of Music. He has been appointed an ABRSM examiner since 2023.