"Bright Sheng is one of the foremost composers of our time," said music director Christoph Eschenbach. "He and I have a longtime working relationship and I hold in high regard his contributions to the music of today. I very much look forward to premiering his Concerto for Orchestra in Philadelphia as soon as possible."

Zodiac Tales was on the program for a lecture-concert on February 23, subscription concerts on February 24, 25, and 26 in Philadelphia, and a Carnegie Hall concert on February 28. It will be replaced by Beethoven's Sixth Symphony on February 23 and by Esa-Pekka Salonen's Insomnia for the subsequent dates.