Orchestrated revelry

Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly will lead the German Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra at the National Center for the Performing Arts for a treat of Mendelssohn, Mahler, Mozart and Bruckner this weekend.

It is the orchestra's first visit to Beijing in its 266-year history.

Felix Mendelssohn's Symphony No 5 and Gustav Mahler's Symphony No 1 are the highlights of the two-day performances.