Chinese lanterns adorn the streets in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Sept. 6, 2022 as the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches. (Photo: China News Service/Li Zhihua)

Ticket sales for two concerts by the renowned Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Hong Kong began Monday, giving Hong Kong music lovers an opportunity to experience its acclaimed musical performances.

After an 11-year hiatus, the orchestra is returning to Hong Kong to stage concerts at 8 pm on October 24 and 25.

Under the baton of distinguished conductor Franz Welser-Most, over 100 members of the orchestra will perform an array of classics from the romantic era.

In the first concert on October 24, the orchestra will present Wagner's Prelude to Parsifal, WWV 111, Strauss's Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24 and Dvorak's Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88.

In the second concert on October 25, the program includes Brahms's Tragic Overture, Op. 81 and Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90, as well as Strauss's Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Op. 30.

The concerts will be held at the Concert Hall of the Hong Kong Cultural Center as part of the celebration programs for the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).