The Philharmonic played Friday night to an empty hall

The Philharmonic played Friday night to an empty hall

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norman lebrecht

March 22, 2015

Our chers amis at resmusica.com report that the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France played in an empty Paris Philharmonie on Friday night as a result of the various strikes called at the crisis-ridden broadcaster.

Radio France had cancelled the concert, but the musicians – and their conductor Myung Whun Chung – insisted on going ahead with the programme they had prepared.

Why the hall had to be empty is an unfathomable mystery of French industrial relations.

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UPDATE: Entering  musical folklore as ‘Le Concert Interdit’ (the forbidden concert), the programme will be replayed tonight at the Musikverein in Vienna and on Tuesday in Cologne.

Comments

  • John Borstlap says:

    It’s the opposite of John Cage’s 4’33”.

  • MacroV says:

    Poor Myung Whun Chung is facing a lot of dysfunction at his orchestras these days!

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