NY Phil To Break Performance Record

The New York Philharmonic will set the Guinness World Record for ‘the most concerts performed by a symphony orchestra’ with concert No. 14,000 on Dec. 18. “In the course of our 163 years, we have commissioned 128 new works, and performed 485 world premieres and 443 U.S. premieres, including music that has become a staple of the classical repertoire.”