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 investigates the vogue for chinoiserie in music. 2: Pagodas and Mandarins
Ketelbey In a Chinese Temple Garden George Blackmore (organ)
Busoni Suite from "Turandot"
RPO, conductor Jascha Horenstein Debussy Pagodes (Estampes) Cecile Ousset (piano)
Chen Qigang Lumi ères de Guang Lin : German Chamber Philharmonic, conductor Muhai Tang
Britten Songs from the Chinese
Neil Jenkins (tenor), Anthea Gifford (guitar) Bartok Suite: The Miraculous Mandarin
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis