Detroit PBS Documentaries
Orchestra Hall – A Centennial Celebration
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Looking at Orchestra Hall on Woodward Avenue, and the many years of its history.
There have been many changes since Orchestra Hall’s opening night on Oct. 23, 1919. Times of peace. Times of war. Times of change in the city around it. Music filling the perfectly engineered acoustical masterpiece has ebbed and flowed, changed direction and even, for a time, was silenced. Yet, despite a storied past, its impeccable clarity and charm remain today, some 100 years later.
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Detroit PBS Documentaries is a local public television program presented by Detroit PBS
Detroit PBS Documentaries
Orchestra Hall – A Centennial Celebration
Special | 56m 52sVideo has Closed Captions
There have been many changes since Orchestra Hall’s opening night on Oct. 23, 1919. Times of peace. Times of war. Times of change in the city around it. Music filling the perfectly engineered acoustical masterpiece has ebbed and flowed, changed direction and even, for a time, was silenced. Yet, despite a storied past, its impeccable clarity and charm remain today, some 100 years later.
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Part I of Orchestra Hall – A Centennial Celebration (9m 40s)
Part III: Survival and Sanctuary
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In 1941, with America on the verge of a second World War, the Hall was reinvented. (8m 55s)
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In the second chapter, we’ll focus on the building of Orchestra Hall and the DSO (9m 31s)
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The fourth chapter of the Orchestra Hall story is one of passion, action, and heroism. (9m 49s)
Part V: Growth and Transformation
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The revitalization of Orchestra Hall was monumental, and in 1989 the DSO returned home. (9m 26s)
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The dark financial skies of 2008 left Orchestra Hall’s future in doubt. (9m 26s)
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