China 2018 China 2018 - Beijing Concert 2 - BBC National Orchestra of Wales

16 Dec 2018, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing

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China 2018 - Beijing Concert 2

19:30 Sun 16 Dec 2018 National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing

For the second concert in Beijing the orchestra welcomes another Chinese guest soloist, cellist Jiapeng Nie

Programme

- - Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
  - Ruslan and Lyudmila – overture
- - Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  - Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, op. 33
- - Dmitry Shostakovich
  - Symphony No. 5 in D minor

Performers

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Xian Zhang
Conductor
Conductor
Jiapeng Nie
Cello
Cello

Composers

BBC National Orchestra of Wales to tour China with Principal Guest Conductor Xian Zhang

For the second concert in Beijing (16 Dec) the orchestra welcomes another Chinese guest soloist, cellist Jiapeng Nie, to perform Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations, in a programme with Glinka’s Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture & Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5.

Part of

China 2018 BBC NOW 2018-19 Season

Discover the Music

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5