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The Philadelphia Orchestra "Pops Up" in Macau

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Published June 2, 2014 at 12:57 PM EDT

The ruins of St. Paul’s Cathedral, which dates from the late-15th century, was the site for a sweltering pop-up concert in Macau.";

One of the better ideas of The Philadelphia Orchestra’s tour of China and Japan turned out to be one of the toughest concerts of all: a Saturday morning pop-up performance by a quartet of French horn players at the ancient ruins of St Paul's Cathedral in Macau. The Philadelphia Inquirer’s David Patrick Stearns withstood the tropical heat right along with them.