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Rare chance to hear organ played

An organ cannot be moved once it is installed, making touring difficult. But an organist from the United States is set to perform for audiences in Shanghai in the only theater in the city with such an instrument. Joseph Butler (right), head of the organ department at Texas Christian University, will join two colleagues from the university to play at Shanghai Oriental Art Center on Saturday. The concert will be broadcast live on radio. It's a rare opportunity for audiences in Shanghai to hear the pipe organ, known as "king of the instruments". Two Chinese pieces, adapted from folk songs The Newspaper Boy and Song of the Grassland, will be presented with new arrangements.

10 am, May 17. Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Lu (Road), Pudong New Area, Shanghai. 021-6854-1234.