China Week
A week of programmes that contrast works by contemporary Chinese composers with music from the west inspired by China. The programmes feature performances by a younger generation of Chinese artists. Today Christopher Cook looks at links between opera east and west.
3: A Night at the Chinese Opera Weber Turandot (excerpts)
Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor John Georgiadis
Williamson Organ improvisations on ; Weber's "Turandot" Magnus Williamson
Adams The Chairman Dances (Nixon in China) BBC Philharmonic, conductor Rumon Gamba
Weir The Consolations of Scholarship Linda Hirst (soprano), Lontano, conductor Odaline de la Martinez