Top players fall silent as Detroit Symphony Orchestra fights for survival

Musicians' strike over pay cut drags on as fortunes of Detroit's world-class ensemble mirror city's industrial declineTomorrow night Orchestra Hall, home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, should be resonating with its famously spectacular acoustics to the sound of Irving Berlin.Instead, the stage will be empty, its desks lightly dusty, as will be the impressively grand and open auditorium. Anyone wanting to enjoy the orchestra, one of America's finest, will have to wait until Sunday night and d...

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