“The musicians are basically doing the symphony a big favor by continuing live music, by keeping in touch with the audience. Because, frankly, the Symphony Society is not in touch with the audience right now,” Sebastian Lang-Lessing said.
. Those independently-produced concerts will take place at First Baptist Church May 12-13 as part of a three-concert series funded in part by the Symphony League of San Antonio.
Regarding the termination, Cowart cited a contract provision intended to give the orchestra exclusivity with its contracted artists. The clause states “artists shall neither make nor announce any appearances In San Antonio, Texas within 60 days prior to or following the performance dates of the concerts.”several concerts from the originally planned 2021-2022 season have been canceled
Cowart said Lang-Lessing failed to inform the symphony of his decision, “or to request any sort of exception to what is standard practice in our industry. This complete disregard for his agreement left the symphony no choice other than to terminate the remaining two performance weeks of his contract.”
“I want to be on stage with the musicians, whatever we can come up with during this [unfortunate] situation. We should be all very grateful to the Musicians of the San Antonio Symphony that they are actually dedicating that time and everything to make this work,” he said. Lang-Lessing expressed hope that the season could continue in some form. “Until the last minute, I will hope for that, that negotiations come to a point where we can go back on stage of the Tobin Center and perform together as the San Antonio Symphony.”is scheduled to perform the final concerts in the First Baptist Church series June 2-4.
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