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Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra returns to limited audience for first time in months
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra was able to fill the Centennial Concert Hall with the sound of music once again.The WSO kicked off its 2020-21 Recomposed schedule on Friday and Saturday with opening night performances of Beethoven and Bach.And while fans were allowed back into the seats, it was a much smaller crowd than the world-renowned group is used to playing to — with just 427 of the over 2,400 seats at the concert hall allowed to be filled. Live from the front porch: Winnipeg’s new DIY classical, jazz concert series It was a different look on the stage, as well, with barriers and physical distancing spreading the musicians far beyond their usual tight-knit setup.“There were these huge spaces between them,” Schroeder explains.