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Orchestra performs at Shanghai World Expo. Program features works by Tchaivoksy, Bernstein, Gershwin and Copeland. Tour ends with final concert in Shanghai Saturday night.

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Published May 7, 2010 at 7:30 PM EDT

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Shanghai, China May 6 (WRTI) – The Philadelphia Orchestra performance in front of several thousand people from around the world at the World Expo is a great opportunity says Orchestra President Allison Vulgamore. Pianist Stewart Goodyear looks forward to playing Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, a piece he believes to be timeless.