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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 musical cross-currents between China and the west.
1: East Meets West j Xu Zhen Min Overture: Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China China Youth Symphony Orchestra and Central Conservatory of Music, conductor Yu Feng
Chopin Nocturne in C sharp minor, Opposth FouTs'ong(piano)
Mahler, arrSchoenberg Das Uedvon derErde Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo), Tom Nyman (tenor), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Osmo Vanska

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Lilli Paasikivi
Tenor:
Tom Nyman
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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