Hong Kong Philharmonic Society (1895–1941)

Aim at producing various kind of musical performance by the British, later it focus on comic opera and made itself a quasi-theatrical group.

After the establishment of the colonial Hong Kong, western music was brought to the little South China village by the British.

Hong Kong Choral Society was founded in 1861 for the purpose of fund raising to the construction of the old City Hall.

Their programme not just concert pieces but they already tried on theatrical works like Edward German's Merry England (1913) and Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeoman of the Guard (1914).

The last appearance of the Society was 8 December 1941, that was a concert featured an all-Beethoven programme, consisted of Egmont Overture, Symphony No.5 and Piano Concerto No.5 with Harry Ore as soloist.