Houston, we have audience

Houston, we have audience

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norman lebrecht

August 24, 2020

On Saturday night the Houston symphony played and livestreamed Mozart’s Prague Symphony under guest conductor Kensho Watanabe.

The musicians were masked and distanced, everyone having had a covid test on Tuesday.

Principal cello Brinton Smith thinks this was the first performance of a full symphony in North America since March.

A small group of masked, socially distanced guests was admitted. Smith says: ‘I’m so proud of everybody who made this possible, proving that there is a third way between being reckless and simply going into hibernation.’

 

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