The New York Philharmonic will perform for 150 spectators

After a year of inactivity or behind closed doors performances, the New York Philharmonic will find its audience on April 14 and 15 in a Manhattan venue. Only 150 spectators will be able to applaud the New York Philharmonic Orchestra during each of these 2 concerts led by Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen.

The New York Philharmonic will perform works by Strauss, Sibelius and Arvö Part

In early March, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that concert halls and theaters across the state may reopen on April 2 after more than a year of closure due to the Covid pandemic 19. A very supervised reopening with restricted gauges and under very strict health security conditions. Initially the gauge was set at 33% of the capacity of the halls, with a limit of 100 people inside, but the improvement of the sanitary situation in New York will allow to welcome up to 150 spectators when the reopening of the public.

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An opportunity seized by the New York Philharmonic (NYPhil) which announced the holding of 2 concerts on April 14 and 15 in the McCourt Hall of the Shed (The Hangar), a new cultural center located in Hudson Yards, in the heart of Manhattan. . In this space, which can accommodate up to 1,200 people, 150 spectators, tested negatively, masked and distanced, will have the chance to find their orchestra. On this occasion, the NYPhil will perform a Cantus, in memory of Benjamin Britten, Arvö Part, Rakastava (The lover) by Jean Sibelius and Metamorphoses, the study for 23 stringed instruments by Richard Strauss, under the direction of the conductor of Finnish orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen. Previously, as part of his series An Audience With…, The Shed will offer, on April 2, a recital by cellist and singer Kelsey Lu and soprano Renée Fleming will sing there on April 21.

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