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Part VI: Vision and Community

The dark financial skies of 2008 left Orchestra Hall’s future in doubt.

Aired 10/22/2019

Detroit PBS Documentaries

Part VI: Vision and Community

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The dark financial skies of 2008 left Orchestra Hall’s future in doubt.

In spite of the excitement for a revived fixture of music on Woodward Avenue, the dark financial skies of 2008 left Orchestra Hall’s future in doubt. Musical director Leonard Slatkin was the perfect fit, however, and his hallmark innovation, desire to explore new avenues for music and passion for engaging the community helped the DSO weather the storm and cement Orchestra Hall’s place in Detroit.

Aired 10/22/2019

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Part I: Silence and Sound

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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)

Part II: Music and Movement

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In the second chapter, we’ll focus on the building of Orchestra Hall and the DSO (9m 31s)

Part IV: Darkness and Light

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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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