The New York Philharmonic said on Monday that it would give a special memorial concert to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks: a free performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, the “Resurrection,” at Avery Fisher Hall.
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Philharmonic officials described the concert as a gift to the city, but they also acknowledged that the planning for it, as well as a decision to perform on Sept. 15 in Central Park with the tenor Andrea Bocelli, had contributed to the absence this summer of the orchestra’s traditional, beloved concerts in the parks, which normally take place in mid-July.
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