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For Better or Worse: Avery Fisher Hall and The New York Phil

For Better or Worse: Avery Fisher Hall and The New York Phil

Nov 24, 2011

The issues surrounding Avery Fisher Hall, home of the New York Philharmonic, could make up a novel. Concert halls such as the Boston Symphony Hall (completed 1900), the Vienna Musikvereinssall (1870), and the Leipzig Gewandhaus (1885) are famous for their impeccable acoustics. The Avery Fisher Hall, completed in 1962, is not. The hall has gone through major...