News just in: BBC orchestra abandons tour of Japan

News just in: BBC orchestra abandons tour of Japan

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norman lebrecht

March 13, 2011

The BBC Philharmonic is being flown home by the earliest available connection, cancelling four remaining concerts. The orchestra were caught on a swaying bridge during the Tokyo quake.

Here’s the BBC report (with video). And here’s the Guardian on the orchestra’s ordeal.

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