Grand finale for Ohio ensemble

The NCPA has a fond farewell in store for Cleveland Orchestra's tour of China, as it plans to webcast key performances live from Beijing, Zhang Kun reports.

The Cleveland Orchestra will conclude its China tour with two concerts at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on Friday and Saturday.

Led by music director Franz Welser-Most, the orchestra - hailed by The New York Times as "America's finest" and by USA Today, which says "better performances don't exist", will present in Beijing Strauss' Ein Heldenleben, Prokofiev's Symphony No 3, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5, as well as Beethoven's Emperor Piano Concerto No 5 with soloist Daniil Trifonov.