BBC Symphony Orchestra China 2019
The BBC Symphony Orchestra tour China with Conductor Laureate Andrew Davies, virtuoso pianist Pavel Kolesnikov and mezzo-soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers.
Programme
Elizabeth Maconchy – Proud Thames Overture
Camille Saint‐Saëns –Samson and Delilah – ‘Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix’
Gaetano Donizetti – La favorita / O mio Fernand
Jacques Offenbach – La Perichole / Ah quel diner
Benjamin Britten – The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Raymond Yiu – Xocolatl
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite
Henry Wood – Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Saucy Arethusa, Jack’s the Lad (Hornpipe), Home Sweet Home, See, the Conqu’ring Hero comes
Thomas Arne – Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)
Edward Elgar – Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’