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With a new lineup of musicians and instruments, Sea Island & Ferry delivers Visitors as a close to 2020, a year too full of challenges to be forgotten.

Commissioned as an entry in the holiday playlist of a major shopping centre in Hong Kong, the ensemble rethinks the meaning of "gifts" in this unusual season. They choose to share the preciousness of seeing one another, and being together face-to-face.

Borrowing a few notes from the traditional carol We Three Kings as its opening, composer Arnold Fang pictured three persona types as he weaved together the three sections of Visitors.

The first, so used to distancing during the pandemic, chooses to stay busy with life, and spend this Christmas calmly and quietly.

The second, not submitting to the distance, decides to let tomorrow worry about itself. Embracing the warmth together. Eat, drink and be merry.

The third, sailing off to distant places for their own reasons, end up in far and unfamiliar situations, and no one shall be able to visit them this year.  

We all struggle to different extents, with a feeling of incompleteness this Christmas. By recording Visitors, we hope everyone can reconnect with a holiday vibe that feels familiar. As festivities including live music get replaced by their online or remote versions, we will cherish every person and every encounter around us.

Piano - Arnold Fang 

Violin - Kenneth Li 

Cello - Tim Tong 

Clarinet - Gladys Wong

VISITORS

Composed by Arnold Fang 

Inspired from "We Three Kings" by John Henry Hopkins Jr.

Recording - Anthony Yeung at AYM Studio 

Mixing & Mastering - Jeremy Cheng at Whatever Music

Art Direction & Design - Saki Ho/Research Studio. 

Producer - Arnold Fang 

Executive Producer - James Chan at SEEAHOLE

With Thanks to K11