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For the classical purist, it’s not going to be a summer of great depth or generosity. As the arts world continues to find its way back from the pandemic, the path that’s emerged is paved with the best of genre-testing intentions: getting audiences back in the hall and — dare we hope? — the habit.
But do you really need an orchestra as virtuosic as the Philadelphia Orchestra playing the score live to a screening of? Actually, there’s no generalizing about what the musical value might be of having a great orchestra play film scores or with bands like Dispatch, both of which are slated with the Philadelphia Orchestra this summer at the Mann. Sometimes experiments work, sometimes not.It’s not the busiest summer calendar ever.
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