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Tom Service presents the first of two concerts from the BBC SSO's tour of China, given in Shanghai's Concert Hall. With Elgar's Overture Froissart and Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto.

Tom Service presents the first of two concerts from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's tour of China, given last month in the Shanghai Concert Hall. The hall, which started life as a cinema in the 1930s, was famously moved over 60 miles from its original location in 2002.

Nicola Benedetti (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Konig (conductor)

Elgar: Overture Froissart
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Beethoven: Symphony No 7

Part of Radio 3's Focus on China season.

1 hour, 45 minutes

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Mon 23 Jun 200819:00
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