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The Philharmonic Tests Its New Home With the Classics

David Geffen Hall reopened with a month of concerts that sketched a possible future for the New York Philharmonic. Now it’s back to business.

By Zachary Woolfe

After a major renovation, the acoustics throughout David Geffen Hall are strikingly consistent — but complicated.

By Zachary Woolfe

Many arts groups, worried about alienating older patrons, have maintained strict rules. Now “the time has come to move on,” one leader said.

By Javier C. Hernandez

Judgments on the hall’s acoustics at this early stage are provisional, but a mighty improvement is already obvious.

By Zachary Woolfe