And yet it did happen. Not, as hoped until recently, in front of at least a small tested audience, but with the haunting message of hope and optimism for a TV audience of billions in over 90 countries. The New Year’s Concert is an institution that, like Philharmonic Board Daniel Froschauer, emphasized in his short address, was able to withstand adverse circumstances several times and like no other cultural “event” worldwide as an ambassador of peace and one
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