Guitar virtuoso prepares to feed China's soul

Guitar virtuoso Yang Xuefei says her guitar helps get her through the challenges of lockdown. "Composers such as Beethoven never wrote for the guitar, not because they didn't like it, but because they didn't know how to play the instrument," she says. "It's wonderful to have something to play with an orchestra, rather than just as a soloist, and John asked me to contribute a cadenza to the end, so I came up with something that incorporates folk tunes from all four parts of the United Kingdom." The last two years have seen the world turn on its head, with performing opportunities limited, but Xuefei says her guitar helped get her through the challenges of lockdown.