Performance on 3 - LSO/Tan Dun

Presented by Ian Skelly. In a concert given at the Barbican, London, Tan Dun conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in a performance of his Internet Symphony (Eroica), a work specially composed for his own YouTube Symphony Orchestra. Chinese piano superstar Lang Lang gives the UK premiere of Tan's Piano Concerto - the second major work the composer has written for him - before Daniel Harding takes the baton to conduct Mahler's First Symphony. Lang Lang (piano) London Symphony Orchestra Tan Dun (conductor) Daniel Harding (conductor) Tan Dun: Internet Symphony (Eroica); Piano Concerto (UK premiere) Mahler: Symphony No 1 in D Followed by a focus on youth orchestras from Britain and abroad: Mathias: Celtic Dances, Op 60 National Youth Orchestra of Wales Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor). CD: Diversions DDV 24135 tracks 5-8 Hoddinot: Investiture Dances Op.66 National Youth Orchestra of Wales Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor) CD: Divine Art 25045 tracks 5-7