French violinist Reno Capeso used to play in halls with a capacity of 2,000 or more, but on Thursday evening he performed in an empty hall, though he stated that this experience was not bad at all.
"It is like returning to life," Capicio said, referring to the show, and is the first in the Philharmonie de Barre concert hall since the outbreak of the "Coffed-19" pandemic that canceled all concerts since last March.
"We are all very pleased ... playing again after the long period in which everything is closed, this is a real birth again," he added.
Capeso and the rest of the 23 orchestra performed the night before last night, a metamorphosis of German musician Richard Strauss. The hall, with a capacity for about 2,400 people, with the exception of one or two employees wearing masks, was in compliance with French government instructions to ban gatherings, although some other restrictions were eased. The Paris Orchestra members themselves did not have to put up masks, but they had an obligation to sit at a distance of at least a meter from each other on the platform in the hall.
The audience attended the ceremony online, as they were able to watch and listen from home, via live broadcast on the concert hall website.
But Capeso found a positive allusion to the whole matter, saying that when he was playing this piece of Strauss in the foregoing, a mourning mourning ending with a sad musical tone, he always felt it inappropriate to applaud the audience at the time.
But the pandemic of "Covid-19", now, means that the end of the show will be matched only by silence, and Capeso said: "This is perfectly appropriate."
Renault Cabiso:
"We are all happy ... playing again after the long period in which everything is closed, this is a real birth again."
The audience attended the ceremony online, and were able to watch and listen from home via live broadcast.