Watch it again: Online concert celebrating 50th anniversary of Sino-Italy diplomatic relations

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Italy, an online concert was held on Nov 6. Top artists from both countries delivered excellent performances of piano, violin, drama, chorus, Peking Opera and dance.

The playlist is as the following:

1. The Second Movement of The Yellow River Piano Concerto
Pianist: Chen Sa
Presenter: China Broadcasting Film Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Fan Tao

2. Piano Solo Venice and Naples: Song and Tarantella
Performed by: Francesco Libetta

3. Chorus Fly, Thoughts! On Golden Wings (from the opera Nabucco)
Presenter: Saint Cecilia Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor: Antonio Pappano

4. Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (the abridged version)
Violin soloist: Lu Siqing
Presenter: China Broadcasting Film Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Fan Tao

5. Violin Solo Throbs of My Heart (Variations on a theme by Rossini, Tancredi)
Violin soloist: Andrea Obiso
Piano accompaniment: Massimo Spada

6. Excerpt from drama Two Gentlemen of Verona
Presenter: National Institute of Dramatic Art of Italy

7. Excerpt from Peking Opera The Palace of Eternal Life
Performed by: Yu Kuizhi, Li Shengsu

8. Dance The Creation of Prometheus
Presenter: Daniele Cipriani Entertainment

9. Ballet Apsaras in Dunhuang
Presenter: National Ballet of China