The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra will resume its concert series Wednesday, suspended over a month ago by the start of the Persian Gulf war.
Zubin Mehta, the IPO’s lifetime musical director, who came to Israel at the war’s start to show his solidarity with Israel, will conduct.
The concert marks a resumption of events banned since the first Scud missile attack on Tel Aviv on Jan. 18.
But the IPO has still not returned to its home base, the Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv. This week’s performances, one featuring Dvorak’s Symphony No. 7 and the other the Brahms Violin Concerto, will be given at the smaller Noga Auditorium in Jaffa and Beit Hahayal, the Soldiers Welfare Organization, in Tel Aviv.
Ticket-holders for what are usually evening performances have been notified that concerts will be held at noon and in early afternoon. Tel Aviv becomes a deserted city after dark because of the threat of Iraqi missile attacks, which for the most part have occurred at night.
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