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Shanghai Philharmonic Closes Its Season
On 18 July at 7:30p.m. (Beijing time), the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) closes its season with a concert that will be delay-streamed a week later, starting at 1:00p.m. EST (7:00p.m. Central European Time) on Saturday, 25 July, on Facebook and Twitter. The stream will remain available here for viewing for an indefinite period.
SPO Artistic Director Zhang Yi will conduct the orchestra in Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 ("Romantic") — part of the ensemble's complete Bruckner cycle — and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 ("Emperor"), with Song Siheng as the soloist.
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