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China Tour 2008

‘The programme was designed to showpiece both the superb acoustics of the hall and the talents of the orchestra and its Chief Conductor, and it certainly succeeded in doing this triumphantly.’
On an Overgrown Path blog, January 20 2006
BBC SSO

CHINA TOUR 2008

Soloist: Nicola Benedetti, violin
Conductor: Christoph König


Thursday, 29 May 2008 – National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing

Elgar – Froissart, Op.19: concert overture
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor
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Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Beethoven – Symphony No.7


Friday, 30 May 2008 – Shanghai, Concert Hall

Elgar – Froissart, Op.19: concert overture
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64
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Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Beethoven – Symphony No.7

Saturday, 31 May 2008, Grand Theatre, Hangzhou

Mendelssohn – Fingal’s Cave (The Hebrides), Op.26: overture
Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47
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Mendelssohn – Symphony No.3 in A minor (Scottish), Op.56

Sunday, 1 June 2008, Grand Theatre, Hangzhou

Elgar – Serenade in E minor, Op.20: string orchestra
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64

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Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op.64


Monday, 2 June 2008, Grand Theatre, Suzhou

Mendelssohn – Fingal’s Cave (The Hebrides), Op.26: overture
Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47
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Elgar – Serenade in E minor, Op.20: string orchestra
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op.64

Wednesday, 4 June 2008, Zhongshan, Cultural and Arts Centre

Mendelssohn – Fingal’s Cave (The Hebrides), Op.26: overture
Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47
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Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Mendelssohn – Symphony No.3 in A minor (Scottish), Op.56


Friday, 6 June, 2008 Shenzhen, Concert Hall

Elgar – Froissart, Op.19: concert overture
Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47
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Elgar – Serenade in E minor, Op.20: string orchestra
Mendelssohn – Symphony No.3 in A minor (Scottish), Op.56


Sunday, 8 June 2008, Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

Glinka – Overture: Ruslan and Ludmilla
Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47
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Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op.64


 

 

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