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《願榮光歸香港 》《香港狂想曲》. 我寫了《香港狂想曲》用音樂表達我對香港革命的情感! I composed HK Rhapsody to pour out my emotions towards Hong Kong's pro-democratic movement. It is Composed Based On: 1) 願榮光歸香港 Glory to Hong Kong by Thomas dgx yhl 2) Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg 3) 獅子山下 Below the Lion Rock by Joseph Koo Kar-Fai 4) 海闊天空 Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies by Beyond Original Videos and Photos used: Bauhinia Rhapsody 洋紫荊狂想曲 - https://youtu.be/ZQGR-RvFONw 《革命舞序》DANZMOCRAZY - https://youtu.be/zGadfiEIPIg Childe Abaddon: Artwork of 陳彥霖 and 周梓樂 Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images: Remembering 周梓樂 photo Jonathan Wong: Remembering 陳彥霖 photo Anthony Wallace (AFP): Remembering Yellow Raincoat photo Thomas Peter (Reuters): Eye injuries collage Winson Wong: 2 child with sign Lam Yik Fei (The New York Times/Redux): Police points gun to man and others whose bravery will never be silenced NEWS FOOTAGE: MPWeekly明周, France24, CBC, Vox, SCMP, Channel 4 News, Guardian News, StandNews, New Australian Bulletin, 香港大學學生會校園電視,香城中學校園電視台 Epoch Times, 有線新聞 CABLE News, Voice of America HK Apple Daily, Eyepress News Agency, Washington Post, 眾新聞, Global News, City News, RTHK To connect with Ricker Choi: FB: RickerC YouTube: RickerChoi IG: ricker_choi Twitter: RickerChoi Telegram: HKRevolutionArt email: ricker.choi@yahoo.ca website: www.rickerchoi.com

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香港抗爭畫作: Ricker Choi https://www.rickerchoi.com 鋼琴獨奏和編曲: Ricker Choi 活動組織: 溫哥華手足Vancouver Activists of Hong Kong https://www.instagram.com/vanactivistshk 日子: 7.21.2023 地點: 溫哥華 Waterfront Station 送給香港人: 自由世界 敢於追尋 那怕現實 未如預期 (假使世界原來不像你預期 - 方皓玟) 時局崩壞 It's Not Your Fault (It's Not Your Fault - 方皓玟) 獅子山下 精神長存 (獅子山下 - 羅文) 繼續尋求 海闊天空 (海闊天空 - Beyond) 儘管未來 前路漫長 (漫長 - Rubberband) 緊記你我 共撐雨傘 (撐起雨傘 - 香港群星) 誠願榮光 終歸香港 (願榮光歸香港 - Thomas dgx yhl) 關於Ricker Choi: Ricker Choi 蔡維紀(https://www.rickerchoi.com) 本身職業為一位金融風險管理顧問，同時亦愛好音樂和繪畫。 Ricker 於13 歲時與家人從香港移民到加拿大，之後便開始學習鋼琴。他在 18 歲獲得皇家音樂學院鋼琴演奏文憑後，於約克大學的Schulich商管學院攻讀商業管理學士及碩士文憑。他同時擁有Chartered Financial Analyst 和 Financial Risk Manager的專業名銜。 過去30多年，Ricker一直較少關注香港所發生的事，但自從2019年6月，當100萬、甚至是200萬香港人團結起來反送中時，他被喚醒了。眼見香港人勇敢面對猖獗的警察暴行和中共的壓迫，Ricker決定用藝術來支持香港。 他創作了鋼琴獨奏作品《香港狂想曲》https://youtu.be/omNaZnm-4lI，以紀念香港人為自由而戰。他同時亦用他的畫作，為一些幫助來到加拿大, 美國和英國的港人組織籌集資金。他有關抗爭的作品曾在香港、倫敦（英國）、紐約 (美國) 、 多倫多/ 愛民頓/ 亞伯達省（加拿大）、都柏林（愛爾蘭）、東京(日本) 和 布拉格 展出。這些作品也曾經出現在雜誌《Broken Pencil》關於香港抗爭藝術的文章中。 Ricker的作品被中共標籤為「獨歌」和「獨畫」，其中黨媒《文匯報》更在4-20-2022點名指控他觸犯「國安法」，令Ricker以後不能回到他的出生地香港。(https://www.rickerchoi.com/wenweipo) 本著對於藝術的熱情，Ricker積極投身公益，曾為不同組織舉辦多場籌款音樂會和藝術品拍賣會。 To connect with Ricker Choi: FB: RickerC YouTube: RickerChoi IG: ricker_choi Twitter: RickerChoi Telegram: HKRevolutionArt email: ricker.choi@yahoo.ca website: www.rickerchoi.com

Recorded at Walter Hall, University of Toronto; on Sept 24, 2023, A Concert Celebrating Boyanna Toyich To connect with Ricker Choi: FB: RickerC YouTube: RickerChoi IG: ricker_choi Twitter: RickerChoi Telegram: HKRevolutionArt email: ricker.choi@yahoo.ca website: www.rickerchoi.com

我寫了《香港狂想曲》獻給香港人! 這是2022 年 11 月 5 日在 Flato Markham Theatre 舉行的'自由狂想曲'音樂會. 雖然2019年場革命已過了幾年, 但係希望大家莫忘初心, 我用我的鋼琴音樂表揚香港人的革命精神, 亦都希望大家唔好忘記現在還受緊苦難的手足, 好多而家先至上庭, 開始被監禁. "香港狂想曲"用了五首對香港非常有意義的歌曲連串而成, 通過古典音樂創作技巧, 表揚香港爭取自由民主的夢想. Hong Kong Rhapsody is a solo piano work I wrote dedicated to Hong Kongers. This is performance from 2022 Nov 5 Freedom Rhapsody concert at Flato Markham Theatre. 特別鳴謝導演顏志昇提供《因為愛所以革命》電影片段. Special thanks to director Ngan Twinkle Chi-Sing for screen clips from his documentary "Love in the Time of Revolution". Concert's net proceeds of $16,291.96 CAD (~ $92,824.08 HKD) has been donated to www.banyanaid.org (細葉榕人道支援基金). For concert photo and videos: https://www.rickerchoi.com/concerts For donation proof: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl2C5K0uqmo/ Melodies quoted: 願榮光歸香港 Glory to Hong Kong by Thomas dgx yhl Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg Sing Hallelujah to the Lord 獅子山下 Below the Lion Rock by Joseph Koo Kar-Fai 海闊天空 Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies by Beyond -------------------------------------------------------------- To connect with Ricker Choi: FB: RickerC YouTube: RickerChoi IG: ricker_choi Twitter: RickerChoi Telegram: HKRevolutionArt email: ricker.choi@yahoo.ca website: www.rickerchoi.com

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34th year Anniversary of 8964 Tiananmen Massacre Candle Light Vigil held in Toronto - 34周年六四多倫多燭光晚會 organized by Toronto Association for Democracy in China 多倫多支持中國民運會 假使世界原來不像你預期 獅子山下 海闊天空 漫長 願榮光歸香港 Pianist / Artist: Ricker Choi To connect with Ricker Choi: FB: RickerC YouTube: RickerChoi IG: ricker_choi Twitter: RickerChoi Telegram: HKRevolutionArt email: ricker.choi@yahoo.ca website: www.rickerchoi.com

願榮光歸香港 - Glory to Hong Kong by Thomas dgx yhl Arranged for choir and piano by Ricker Choi More about RICKER: http://www.rickerchoi.com CONNECT with RICKER: https://www.rickerchoi.com/contact https://www.facebook.com/ricker.choi

鋼琴獨奏琴譜: https://www.rickerchoi.com/e%E5%85%88%E7%94%9F%E9%80%A3%E7%92%B0%E4%B8%8D%E5%B9%B8%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6 根據Benson的鋼琴伴奏譜改編: https://youtu.be/eRJtcsUXymk 多謝以下爵屎們提供應援物: - FB: Edan Lui North America Fan Club 呂爵安美加後援會 (https://www.facebook.com/EdanLuiNorthAmericaFanClub) - IG: https://www.instagram.com/mirror.we_are_one_and_all/ - IG: https://www.instagram.com/mirror_gravity_error/ - IG: https://www.instagram.com/mirror_plus2/ 原唱: Edan 呂爵安 曲 : 呂爵安 / Cousin Fung / 溫翰文 詞 : 黃偉文 原曲: https://youtu.be/7FPL4DRizgk Ricker Choi Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/RickerC/ https://www.instagram.com/ricker_choi/ https://twitter.com/RickerChoi

願榮光歸香港 Glory to HK - Yinfi Lu and Ricker Choi - flash mob at London King's Cross Station. Dissident Yinfi Lu (https://www.instagram.com/yinfimusic/) is a Chinese composer/singer who studied composition at Royal College of Music. His support for freedom and democracy, and for Hong Kong's 2019 pro-democracy movement means sacrificing his originally flourishing music career in China. He is now based in London, UK. Thank you Yinfi. 願榮光歸香港 - Glory to HK Piano and Arrangement by Ricker Choi Vocal by Yinfi Lu Composed by Thomas dgx yhl Lyrics by Thomas dgx yhl and LIHKG netizens To connect with Ricker Choi: FB: RickerC YouTube: RickerChoi IG: ricker_choi Twitter: RickerChoi Telegram: HKRevolutionArt email: ricker.choi@yahoo.ca website: www.rickerchoi.com

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古往今來，不少古典音樂家以樂韻發聲，以旋律抗爭。就生於波蘭的蕭邦為例（1810-1849），當波蘭於1815年被俄羅斯統治後，蕭邦拒絕申請俄國護照，自此從未踏足家鄉。其後，他寫作了多首《瑪祖卡》和《波蘭舞曲》的著名波蘭鄉土舞曲，以及《革命練習曲》等，充滿政治意味和思鄉之情。波蘭後來被德國納粹黨統治，而蕭邦的音樂更於波蘭被禁。 ​Chopin was a Polish composer and pianist, born in 1810 in Warsaw. At that time, Poland was under Russian rule, and in 1830, Poland had a large-scale revolution against the Russian regime. Sadly, the uprising failed. The powerful and turbulent "Revolutionary" Etude, many say, is his musical reaction to the failed revolution. This performance is from 2022-11-05 Freedom Rhapsody Concert at Flato Markham Theatre, ON, Canada. Net proceeds of $16,291.96 CAD (~ $92,824.08 HKD) has been donated to www.banyanaid.org (細葉榕人道支援基金). For concert photo and videos: https://www.rickerchoi.com/concerts For donation proof: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl2C5K0uqmo/ To connect with Ricker Choi: FB: RickerC YouTube: RickerChoi IG: ricker_choi Twitter: RickerChoi Telegram: HKRevolutionArt email: ricker.choi@yahoo.ca website: www.rickerchoi.com

Liszt was born in 1811, in the Kingdom of Hungary, in an area that had been ceded to Austria. Growing up, Liszt was unable to speak Hungarian. Instead German was his native tongue. Liszt, however, was intensely patriotic towards Hungary. He composed 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, and borrowed from actual Hungarian folk songs. This performance is from 2022-11-05 Freedom Rhapsody Concert at Flato Markham Theatre, ON, Canada. Net proceeds of $16,291.96 CAD (~ $92,824.08 HKD) has been donated to www.banyanaid.org (細葉榕人道支援基金). For concert photo and videos: https://www.rickerchoi.com/concerts For donation proof: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl2C5K0uqmo/ To connect with Ricker Choi: FB: RickerC YouTube: RickerChoi IG: ricker_choi Twitter: RickerChoi Telegram: HKRevolutionArt email: ricker.choi@yahoo.ca website: www.rickerchoi.com

Franz Liszt wrote this work based on a poem written by German writer, Ferdinand Freliligrath. Entitled, O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst (Love as long as love you can) the work depicts themes of love and the loss of love. In 2019, Hong Kong protesters often say “I am now going to dream” or “發夢”, when they joined a protest. Their dream is to have a life of freedom and love, and I hope through this piece, I can pay tribute to these honorable dreamers who many have lost their lives and loved ones in 2019. This performance is from 2022-11-05 Freedom Rhapsody Concert at Flato Markham Theatre, ON, Canada. Net proceeds of $16,291.96 CAD (~ $92,824.08 HKD) has been donated to www.banyanaid.org (細葉榕人道支援基金). For concert photo and videos: https://www.rickerchoi.com/concerts For donation proof: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl2C5K0uqmo/ To connect with Ricker Choi: FB: RickerC YouTube: RickerChoi IG: ricker_choi Twitter: RickerChoi Telegram: HKRevolutionArt email: ricker.choi@yahoo.ca website: www.rickerchoi.com

古往今來，不少古典音樂家以樂韻發聲，以旋律抗爭。就生於波蘭的蕭邦為例（1810-1849），當波蘭於1815年被俄羅斯統治後，蕭邦拒絕申請俄國護照，自此從未踏足家鄉。其後，他寫作了多首《瑪祖卡》和《波蘭舞曲》的著名波蘭鄉土舞曲，以及《革命練習曲》等，充滿政治意味和思鄉之情。波蘭後來被德國納粹黨統治，而蕭邦的音樂更於波蘭被禁。 ​Chopin was a Polish composer and pianist, born in 1810 in Warsaw. At that time, Poland was under Russian rule, and in 1830, Poland had a large-scale revolution against the Russian regime. Sadly, the uprising failed. The powerful and turbulent "Revolutionary" Etude, many say, is his musical reaction to the failed revolution. This Nocturne was played by Holocaust survivor and famed Polish pianist Władysław Szpilman during the last live broadcast of Polish radio on 23rd September, 1939 when Warsaw was besieged by the German army. This scene was captured powerfully in the movie “The Pianist”, in which the pianist bravely continued to perform the nocturne despite the broadcasting studio was being bombed. This performance is from 2022-11-05 Freedom Rhapsody Concert at Flato Markham Theatre, ON, Canada. Net proceeds of $16,291.96 CAD (~ $92,824.08 HKD) has been donated to www.banyanaid.org (細葉榕人道支援基金). For concert photo and videos: https://www.rickerchoi.com/concerts For donation proof: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl2C5K0uqmo/ To connect with Ricker Choi: FB: RickerC YouTube: RickerChoi IG: ricker_choi Twitter: RickerChoi Telegram: HKRevolutionArt email: ricker.choi@yahoo.ca website: www.rickerchoi.com

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鋼琴編曲 - Piano Arrangement - Ricker Choi Original Song: 《民主會戰勝歸來》 作曲:Anthony Kwong 編曲:林律希 Barry 作詞:林律希 Barry 演唱:VIIV樂隊 Pianist: Ricker Choi www.rickerchoi.com

Performed by Ricker Choi and Michelle Wong Arranged by Ricker Choi More about RICKER: http://www.rickerchoi.com CONNECT with RICKER: https://www.facebook.com/ricker.choi https://www.rickerchoi.com/contact Category

Original Song composed by Tears for Fears. Also featured Leonard Cohen reciting "The Sound Of Silence" In Tribute To Paul Simon. When I wanted to arrange Mad World, my ears keep singing Sound of Silence. My mind is trapped and cannot get out of the tune. So I knew I must combine the two songs together! I used the 2 syllables of "Mad World" like the swing of the pendulum: time never stops, and used it to accompany the words of Sound of Silence. More about RICKER: http://www.rickerchoi.com CONNECT with RICKER: https://www.facebook.com/ricker.choi https://www.rickerchoi.com/contact

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Ariel, composed and performed by Ricker Choi (http://www.rickerchoi.com) This work is inspired by two literary sources. First, by Sylvia Plath's poem of the same name. In the poem, she describes a horse ride experience during her student years. Ted Hughes, Plath's husband, commented that once, "her horse bolted, the stirrups fell off, and she came all the way home to the stables, about two miles, at full gallop, hanging around the horse’s neck." In the poem, she describes the ride in dark metaphors, of which I give a few excerpts here: 1 Stasis in darkness 11 Berries cast dark 12 Hooks -- 13 Black sweet blood mouthfuls, 14 Shadows and a sense of being out of control: 8 The brown arc 9 Of the neck I cannot catch, 15 Something else 16 Hauls me through air— At the end of the poem, she flew suicidal, like an arrow / dew, into the sun. The second literary inspiration is William Shakespeare's "The Tempest". Ariel is an airy spirit who created the storm in the first act of the play. I am inspired by the tempestuous and magical elements, and attempt to capture these in my composition. More about RICKER: http://www.rickerchoi.com CONNECT with RICKER: https://www.rickerchoi.com/contact https://www.facebook.com/ricker.choi

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This is Ricker Choi's solo piano arrangement of Sibelius Nocturne Op 51 No 3. More about RICKER: http://www.rickerchoi.com CONNECT with RICKER: https://www.rickerchoi.com/contact https://www.facebook.com/ricker.choi Filming and Editing: Lane Rasmussen Secondary Cameraman: Ching Tien Lo Background: Op. 51 is incidental music composed by Jean Sibelius in 1906 to the play Belshazzar's Feast written by the journalist, poet and playwright Hjalmar Fredrik Eugen Procopé (1868−1927). Op 51 is composed of eight movements, scored for orchestra and singers.

Pianists: Ching Tien Lo, Ricker Choi (https://www.rickerchoi.com) Composer: Ástor Piazzolla CONNECT with RICKER: https://www.rickerchoi.com/contact https://www.facebook.com/ricker.choi Filming: Lane Rasmussen Editing: Lane Rasmussen, Ricker Choi, Ching Tien Lo Background: Written in 1986, Histoire du Tango is one of the most famous compositions by tango composer Ástor Piazzolla, originally written for flute and guitar. Histoire du Tango is a set of four tango pieces, conveying the evolution of the tango. Café 1930 is the second movement from this set. Around 1930's, besides dancing to tango music, people also started simply listening to it. The music became more lyrical and romantic, with new and often melancholic harmonies.

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Ricker Choi's original composition inspired by a poem by Neruda, "In You the Earth". I try to portray musically the poem line by line very closely. In the score, you will see how each musical idea is inspired directly by each line in the poem. Hope you enjoy it! More about RICKER: http://www.rickerchoi.com CONNECT with RICKER: https://www.rickerchoi.com/contact https://www.facebook.com/ricker.choi -------Full Text of Poem "In You the Earth" by Neruda------- Little rose, roselet, at times, tiny and naked, it seems as though you would fit in one of my hands, as though I’ll clasp you like this and carry you to my mouth, but suddenly my feet touch your feet and my mouth your lips: you have grown, your shoulders rise like two hills, your breasts wander over my breast, my arm scarcely manages to encircle the thin new-moon line of your waist: in love you loosened yourself like sea water: I can scarcely measure the sky’s most spacious eyes and I lean down to your mouth to kiss the earth.