23 June 2008
BBC Symphony Orchestra's tour of China
Monday 23 June 2008 19:00-20:45 (Radio 3)
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 moved over 60 miles from its original location in 2002.
Duration:
1 hour 45 minutes
Playlist:
Elgar: Overture Froissart
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Beethoven: Symphony No 7
Nicola Benedetti (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Konig (conductor)
Part of Radio 3's Focus on China season.
