The New York Philharmonic meets its music director for the first time in a year.
A few of the players.
Without an audience.
Welcome back Jaap! His first @nyphil rehearsal today since before Covid. Another positive step forward. This felt (almost) normal. pic.twitter.com/XOK9SgFCrw
— Adam Crane (@adamcrane) March 16, 2021
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Is that Geffen? From the street the interior looks gutted
Alice Tully Hall
No I think it’s Geffen with the stage built out into the auditorium which I am dearly hoping will improve the sound from my grade of “Utterly Wretched” to “Almost Acceptable.” That hall with never ever be anything better.
It is indeed Tully Hall, home of Chamber Music Society Lincoln Center.
Like him or not, it is a step forward.
no wind players invited, I see, lol
Where’s Liang Wang???
The piece being rehearsed is Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence – no winds.
Not David Geffen Hall (aka Avery Fisher Hall). Geffen Hall does not have steps allowing access from the audience seating area to the stage (see left and right of image). Geffen Hall also has a center aisle (missing in the photo).
Jasper
Correction: David Geffen Hall two off-center aisles, and two side aisles (http://www.lincolncenter.org/venue/david-geffen-hall).
To reiterate, image above is not Geffen Hall.
Jasper
Yes it is Geffen Hall! The staircases are pretty much only there during a rehearsal. I’ve played there several times. Also, Tully Hall has different looking walls.
You need new eyeglassses. Geffen Hall is currently undergoing renovation and is completely surrounded by scaffolding. Its insides are being redone and not in any condition for performances.
Geffen Hall stage has those odd acoustic reflectors on the side walls. Alice Tully Hall stage has perforated grillwork at the back to allow the organ to be heard (when the back wall isn’t opened); Geffen Hall has no pipe organ. And, as has been mentioned above, Tully Hall has no aisles except at the outer edges. This photo is taken in Tully Hall.
Notice posted on a Tully Hall lobby door: NY Phil stage entrance. The earth is round (or spherical if you prefer), Biden won the election, 2 + 2=4, and the above photo is Tully Hall. ‘Nuff said.
Three out of four. Not bad:)
Jaap is back and you guys are bellyaching about a hall that you have long forgotten what it looks like?
I guess by default, now there’s no arguing over whether Jaap has the best band in town or not. I thought they were pretty darn good in their alleged no. 2 spot.
See images below.
David Geffen Hall stage: https://yourevent-lincolncenter.imgix.net/averyfisher-iv-2013-10.jpg?ixlib=php-1.2.1&w=1100 (Sound baffles are a dead give-a-way.)
Alice Tully Hall stage: http://pdoinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/DSR-Alice-Tully-6311.jpg (No sound baffles at Alice Tully.)
Image atop this thread, no sound baffles. Ergo, …
Jasper
Wow. A music director in NYC in the same space as his orchestra? And making music together??!! What do they think? They’re Philly? Or Boston? Or LAPhil?