This week, we’ll hear Antonín Dvořák’s monumental Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”, Qigang Chen’s touching L’éloignement, the traditional Chinese orchestra sounds of ZHAO Jiping’s The Moon at Dawn over Lugou Bridge, and Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme featuring cellist Li-Wei Qin. We also get two opera overtures with Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman and Suppé’s Dichter und Bauer.

Playlist

Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33

Li-Wei Qin, cello; NCPA Orchestra: LÜ Jia, conductor

Qigang Chen: L’éloignement

NCPA Orchestra: CHEN Lin, conductor

ZHAO Jiping: The Family Legend- The Moon at Dawn over Lugou Bridge

Beijing Chinese Orchestra: ZHANG Ming, conductor

Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”

NCPA Orchestra: LÜ Jia, conductor

Wagner: Overture to The Flying Dutchman

NCPA Orchestra: YU Feng, conductor

Suppé: Overture to Dichter und Bauer

NCPA Orchestra: LÜ Jia, conductor