BBC NOW 2017-18 Season Beethoven With Xian Zhang by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, P. I., Van (2017/2017), Dirigent Xian Zhang, Pontio Arts and Innovation Centre (Bangor University), Bangor, Verenigd Koninkrijk

BBC NOW’s Principal Guest Conductor Xian Zhang hand-picks two of Beethoven’s less frequently performed symphonies for a special performance in Bangor, as part of a wider Beethoven series around Wales; pairing the unpredictability and playful humour of the second symphony, with the infectious jollity and explosive finale of the fourth. Between the two, Tchaikovsky’s elegant and charming Variations on a Rococo Theme played by Russian cellist Alexey Stadler.