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Performing groups have been slowly and carefully re-entering the concert waters, dipping their toes in what feels like a pool that could be either scalding hot or arctic cold. For orchestras, a socially-distanced, virtual concert (with fewer players) seems to be the safe alternative to filling 1,000 seats in a hall.
The Louisville Orchestra is giving it a try with a virtual season of four concerts, cutely titled “LOVE” (Louisville Orchestra Virtual Edition). The first show played live on screens around the world on Saturday night.
The live feed cut out early on, interrupting Devóne Tines singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” but once things seemed to get back on track, Teddy Abrams conducted the strings in Jessie Montgomery’s Starburst (2012), a short, exciting opener commissioned by the Sphinx Organization.
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