This week, we’ll hear Beethoven’s grand Choral Fantasy, Chopin’s virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 1 featuring the 18 year old gifted pianist RAO Hao, 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.

Playlist

Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

NCPA Orchestra: LÜ Jia, conductor

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Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E-flat Major, “Drum Roll”

NCPA Orchestra: LÜ Jia, conductor

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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor

RAO Hao, piano; NCPA Orchestra: LÜ Jia, conductor

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ZHAO Cong: Flying Fairies of the Silk Road for Pipa and Orchestra

ZHAO Cong, pipa; China National Traditional Orchestra: CHEN Bing, conductor

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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