The grand Chinese director Xian Zhang will be conducting this concert by the violinist Ray Chen and the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra – The National Orchestra of Catalonia (OBC).
The programme starts with Internet Symphony No.1: Eroica, by the Chinese contemporary classical composer Tan Dun, author of the music for the Beijing Olympic Games and renowned creator of soundtracks.
After that comes Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35, by Korngold, the Austrian composer who revolutionised Hollywood film scores. Written in 1947, this is one of the 20th century’s most outstanding violin concertos.
Finally, Rimsky-Korsakov’s most popular symphony, Scheherazade, op.35, evokes the exoticism of fairy-tale adventures and romance in One Thousand and One Nights.
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