27 June 2008
Friday 27 June 2008 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Jonathan Swain.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Playlist:
4/8. Series of concerts given at this year's Aldeburgh Festival. Featuring pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard performing excerpts from Bach's The Art of Fugue interspersed with excerpts from Jatekol (Games) by the festival's featured composer Gyorgy Kurtag.
2.00pm Focus on China
Li Huan Zhi: Chinese Spring Festival Overture
Stravinsky: Petrushka
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
2.35pm
Smetana: Vltava (Ma Vlast)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Smetana: Och, jaky zal!...Ten lasky sen (The Bartered Bride)
Elena Semenova (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
2.55pm
Elgar: Cockaigne Overture
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Glazunov: Chant du menestrel
Jian Wang (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
3.25pm
Chen Yi: Chinese Myths Cantata
BBC Singers
Gu Feng Ensemble
BBC Philharmonic
Jason Lai (conductor)
John Adams: The Chairman Dances
BBC Philharmonic
Jason Lai (conductor)
4.20pm
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1
Jin Ju (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Jason Lai (conductor)
Part of Radio 3's Focus on China season.
