Beethoven, Chopin, ZHAO Cong, Haydn, and Debussy

This Week from China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts

This week, we’ll hear Beethoven’s grand Choral Fantasy, Chopin’s virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 1 featuring the 18 year old gifted pianist RAO Hao, the Symphony No. 103 by Haydn, Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, and the Pipa and Orchestra work Flying Fairies of the Silk Road by pipa artist and composer ZHAO Cong.