MANY HAPPY RETURNS TO SYMPHONIC MUSIC
It was like returning to Earth, after 14 months in viral space, floating isolated in great voids between Mars and Jupiter. The reentry into a real concert hall, in person, with live musicians on stage—-Bliss!! The reduced Davies Hall crowd applauded enthusiastically for 20 seconds at the start, so moved by a cautious return to real musical life. It was far from normal. Some two dozen San Francisco Symphony string players were on stage, all masked and separated, devoid of…
