This week, we’ll hear Beethoven’s grand Choral Fantasy, Chopin’s virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 1 featuring the 18 year old gifted pianist Hao Rao, the Symphony No. 103 by Haydn, Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, and the Pipa and Orchestra work Flying Fairies of the Silk Road by pipa artist and composer Zhao Cong.
Beethoven, Chopin, Zhao Cong, Haydn, and Debussy
Pipa artist and composer, Zhao Cong (photo: NCPA)
Playlist
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E-flat Major, “Drum Roll”
NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
Rao Hao, piano; NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Zhao Cong: Flying Fairies of the Silk Road for Pipa and Orchestra
Zhao Cong, pipa; China National Traditional Orchestra: Chen Bing, conductor
Beethoven: Choral Fantasy in C Minor, Op. 80
Kong Jianing, piano; Zhou Yuqian, Wang Zhihua, Liu Haiyue, Lu Chuan, Cao Ruidong, Liu Dong, vocal soloists; NCPA Orchestra and Chorus: Lü Jia, conductor