China 2018 China 2018 - Beijing Concert 1 - BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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

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China 2018 - Beijing Concert 1

19:30 Sat 15 Dec 2018 National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing

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

Programme

- - Gioachino Rossini
  - L'italiana in AlgeriOverture
- - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  - Concerto for Flute and Harp in C major, K299
- - Antonín Dvořák
  - Symphony No. 8 in G major

Performers

Shimeng Sun
Harp
Harp
Matthew Featherstone
Flute
Flute
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Xian Zhang
conductor
conductor

Composers

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

The orchestra are joined by Chinese harpist Shimeng Sun, who graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music with a Master’s Degree in 2018, and BBC NOW’s Principal Flute Matthew Featherstone, for Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto, performed alongside Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri Overture and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8.

Part of

China 2018 BBC NOW 2018-19 Season

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