Prokofiev’s “Classical Symphony” and Schoenberg’s “Transfigured Night”

Thurs. Feb. 17: This Week fr. China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA 22-07 of 13)

LI Huanzhi: Spring Festival Overture. NCPA Orchestra; LÜ Jia, conductor

Britten: Simple Symphony, Op. 4. NCPA Orchestra; LI Xincao, conductor

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25, “Classical”. NCPA Orchestra; LI Xincao, conductor

Waeber-Diaz, Jacqueline: Improvisation on A Chinese Folksong (excerpt). Jenny Lin, piano

Chen Gang: The Sunshine Spreads on Tashkurghan. Beijing SO/ TAN Lihua, conductor; GAO Can, violin

Schoenberg: Transfigured Night, Op. 4. NCPA Orchestra; LI Xincao, conductor

Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62. NCPA Orchestra; LÜ Jia, conductor

Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser, WWV 70. NCPA Orchestra; YU Feng, conductor