China Philharmonic Orchestra offers good news in a dark time

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      It’s appropriate that the China Philharmonic Orchestra, making its local debut in an event cosponsored by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and China’s Poly Culture arts-investment group and Alligga, should opt to open with Zheng Lu and Ma Hong-Yeh’s “Good News From Beijing”.

      It’s always good news when cultural diplomacy trumps sabre-rattling. Looking deeper into the famous-in-China composition, which here will share program space with works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Antonín Dvorák, we find that it has carried a variety of titles, including “Good News From Beijing Reaches the Frontier”. The China Philharmonic Orchestra plays the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on Wednesday (November 30).

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