nyphil
July 2012
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Birthday Case
Mostly Mozart, Free Preview
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“I feel sometimes as someone who is running an orchestra that there is pressure to get rid of that formality, to break away that sense of formality and sacredness, if you will, within the concert hall.”
—Music Director Alan Gilbert, on the changing relationship between orchestras and their audiences. A new podcast from the recent American Orchestras Forum continues the conversation. The Music Director and Executive Director Matthew VanBesien participated in the live forum during the Philharmonic’s California 2012 tour.
A Parks Buzz
Check out what Philharmonic fans had to say about the 2012 Concerts in the Parks, presented by Didi and Oscar Schafer:
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As Times Goes By
The installation unfolds through thousands of movie clips — all featuring an exact time on clocks, watches, or in dialogue — and has taken its time traveling around the world, from Boston, to Sydney, to London and Paris.
It not only engages your imagination and tests your knowledge of movie trivia — it tells the time! And it’s free, at the David Rubinstein Atrium. (Fair warning: check the line update here or via Twitter, as space is limited and crowds form daily to while away time online.)
