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2024 China, October 31–November 1: Beijing

November 2, 2024
Photo: Todd Rosenberg
Oct. 31, Beijing: Today was the first rehearsal and concert of the tour. Musicians arrive at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), affectionately known as the Egg.

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Oct. 31, Beijing: Principal Cello Hai-Ye Ni, originally from Shanghai, is interviewed by CGTN and Phoenix TV backstage before the rehearsal.

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Oct. 31, Beijing: Assistant Concertmaster Marc Rovetti warms up in the seats of the auditorium.

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Oct. 31, Beijing: Principal Tuba Carol Jantsch wears an appropriate t-shirt, not only because it’s Halloween but also because she is due to give birth to her second child in February.

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Oct. 31, Beijing: Principal Clarinet Ricardo Morales and Principal Oboe Philippe Tondre greet each other at the rehearsal.

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Oct. 31, Beijing: Concertmaster David Kim shares a laugh with Senior Director of Orchestra Personnel and Tour Residencies Marilyn Rife.

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Oct. 31, Beijing: Principal Guest Conductor Marin Alsop begins the rehearsal with Mahler’s First Symphony.

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Oct. 31, Beijing: Associate Principal Percussion Charlie Rosmarin, who is on his first tour with the Orchestra, during the Mahler.

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Oct. 31, Beijing: Before the concert, Marin gives a group interview to several media outlets at NCPA.

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Oct. 31, Beijing: Philadelphia Orchestra President and CEO Matías Tarnopolsky and Huang Ping, former consul general of China in New York, wait for the concert to begin.

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Oct. 31, Beijing: Marin and the Orchestra acknowledge the audience’s warm applause.

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Oct. 31, Beijing: The concert opens with Rossini’s Overture to "The Barber of Seville."

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Oct. 31, Beijing: Marin conducts Tchaikovsky’s "Romeo and Juliet" to end the first half.

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Oct. 31, Beijing: The second half of the concert was devoted to Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”). The second movement of the Symphony, the famous Largo, has an extended solo for English horn, played here by Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia.

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Oct. 31, Beijing: The entire ensemble stands at the end of the concert.

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Oct. 31, Beijing: Marin greets Alexander Brose, president and CEO of the Royal Conservatory of Music and the inaugural executive director and CEO of the Tianjin Juilliard School backstage following the concert. To the left is Catherine Feng, senior vice president of Bank of China USA, lead sponsor of the Orchestra’s 2024 China Tour, and pipa player Wu Man, who joins the Philadelphians as soloist at the November 1 concert at the Egg.

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Oct. 31, Beijing: The bass section went out for a post-concert dinner, hosted by one of the professors of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.
Nov. 1, Beijing: Today’s activities included the second rehearsal and concert at the NCPA. Bassist Christian Gray finds a nook among the instrument cases where he can warm up.

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Nov. 1, Beijing: Wu Man, Marin, and the Orchestra rehearse Zhao Jiping’s Pipa Concerto No. 2. The Concerto was composed in 2013 at the request of Wu Man and was commissioned by the Sydney Symphony.

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Nov. 1, Beijing: Marin leading the rehearsal.

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Nov. 1, Beijing: A dramatic moment with Wu Man during the rehearsal of the Concerto.

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Nov. 1, Beijing: The expanded brass and wind sections during the rehearsal for Mahler’s Symphony No. 1.

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Nov. 1, Beijing: On the bus back to the NCPA for the concert, Principal Timpani Don Liuzzi gives violinist Hirono Oka a back massage with his mallets.

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Nov. 1, Beijing: The NCPA (aka the Egg) at night.

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Nov. 1, Beijing: The performance was captured for delayed broadcast, so the NCPA brought in makeup artists for the Orchestra. Cellist Derek Barnes happily took advantage!

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Nov. 1, Beijing: Wu Man, Marin, and the Orchestra during the performance. The composer has written the following about the Concerto: “I see the piece not so much as a Western traditional concerto, but more an exploration of poetic expression of thoughts and emotions, able to stimulate many levels of the audience’s imagination. The orchestra and Wu Man are the canvas, and I have the privilege to paint the picture. My goal was to create a pipa concerto with a strong Chinese flavor combined with a sense of global musical language.”

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Nov. 1, Beijing: Wu Man was moved by the heartfelt applause from the audience and the Orchestra.

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Nov. 1, Beijing: Marin leads the Orchestra during the Mahler. The Symphony was begun while Mahler was in his late 20s and during its composition he remarked that it “virtually gushed like a mountain stream.”

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Nov. 1, Beijing: The clarinet section has a moment in the spotlight.

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Nov. 1, Beijing: The full orchestral complement on stage at the NCPA during the performance of the Mahler.

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Nov. 1, Beijing: Marin receives a bouquet during the applause.

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Nov. 1, Beijing: A fan waits outside the NCPA to have musicians sign his program.

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