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Blue Man Group World Tour

Date: Oct 27-Nov 13 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center

Price: 100-2,222 yuan

Blue Man Productions is a now global entertainment company best known for the award-winning Blue Man Group show, performed in 15 countries and seen by more than 35 million people worldwide since 1991. A dynamic combination of music, comedy and technology, the show appeals to a broad range of age groups and cultural backgrounds. It is continually refreshed with new music, new stories, new instruments and new technology. Blue Man Group has permanent theatrical productions in Las Vegas, Orlando, Boston, Chicago, New York and Berlin, and a North/South American Tour. This creative collective is part of the pop culture zeitgeist. Beyond the stage show, they have toured the globe with the "Megastar World Tour" rock concert parody, produced 5 albums, and contributed to numerous film scores.

Ralph Vaughn Williams's - Sea Symphony

Date: Oct 16 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Beijing Concert Hall

Price: 100-580 yuan

Peking Sinfonietta and City of Glasgow Chorus team up to perform Ralph Vaughn Williams's A Sea Symphony, his first essay in symphonic form, and one of the greatest large scale English choral works. From the thrilling opening brass chords and the crashing wave of the choir's first entry, to the final calm after the storm, this four movement work brings you the world's oceans in all their moods and colors. Bring your aural surfboard and lifejacket. In the first half of the concert, Peking Sinfonietta explores equally colorful English repertoire. The "Three Elizabeths" Suite shows Eric Coates at the height of his powers.