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Seattle Symphony Announces Free Concert Streaming During Coronavirus Lockdown
It's impossible to run an orchestra when the government is requiring everyone to stay six feet away from each other, but the Seattle Symphony is going to give it a shot.
In response to new social-distancing mandates, the symphony plans to rebroadcast earlier performances of beloved symphonies and to livestream new performances through March.
This weekend on YouTube and Facebook, they're showing Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, conducted by music director Thomas Dausgaard. The performance will air tonight at 7:30 p.m. PDT and on Saturday at 8 p.m. PDT. The concert was originally performed in Seattle last September.
Livestreaming new shows will be trickier. In order to create a unified sound, musicians in an orchestra have to huddle together so they hear one another and respond to physical cues. But symphony staff and musicians are brainstorming ways around that.
In response to new social-distancing mandates, the symphony plans to rebroadcast earlier performances of beloved symphonies and to livestream new performances through March.
This weekend on YouTube and Facebook, they're showing Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, conducted by music director Thomas Dausgaard. The performance will air tonight at 7:30 p.m. PDT and on Saturday at 8 p.m. PDT. The concert was originally performed in Seattle last September.
Livestreaming new shows will be trickier. In order to create a unified sound, musicians in an orchestra have to huddle together so they hear one another and respond to physical cues. But symphony staff and musicians are brainstorming ways around that.
https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/03/12/43130152/seattle-symphony-announces-free-concert-streaming-during-coronavirus-lockdown?fbclid=IwAR3lbVOhQsW2rGMR-SSobDH7RhbS1qE6hNQGvtFNurEFVW1r1fy5JucrIWk
Link to live stream:
https://www.youtube.com/seattlesymphony