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Wednesday 14 OctOber 2020
With concert halls shut, N.Y. Philharmonic takes to sidewalk

By ROBERT BUMSTED art, a Grammy-nominated
Associated Press violinist who joined for a
NEW YORK (AP) — With guest performance with
performance halls shut be- the Bandwagon.
cause of the coronavirus As the group began its final
pandemic, the best con- performance of the day,
cert venue a violinist could countertenor Anthony Roth
hope for one recent Octo- Costanzo kicked off the
ber Friday was a sidewalk in show from the bed of the
the Bronx. truck.
Fiona Simon tuned her in- "We're going to play you
strument as she prepared a little concert," he said as
for one of her only pub- people began to linger in
lic performances with the the warm glow of an early
New York Philharmonic in autumn sunset.
months. The set lasted 20 minutes.
The setting was a far cry A trio of violins preformed
from the orchestra's usu- well-known tunes from
al home at Manhattan's George Gershwin and
Lincoln Center. Traffic Charlie Parker, as well as
hummed and sirens wailed Members of the NY Phil Bandwagon, from left, violinist Fiona Simon, countertenor and producer Henry Purcell's "Dido's La-
as a crew laid cables and Anthony Roth Costanzo, violinist Curtis Stewart and viola player Robert Rinehart perform in the ment" — a sorrowful piece
unloaded speakers from Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. that Costanzo said "re-
the back of a double- Associated Press sponds to the moment in a
parked pickup truck. with not having an audi- calling the NY Phil Band- concert of the year this more emotional way."
But Simon said the pop-up ence, sometimes perform- wagon. The first show of the weekend, and then resume As the audience swelled
concert — one of several ing for friends virtually over day was outside a Bronx the program in the spring. to dozens — couples, fami-
the Philharmonic has been the phone. school, the second outside New York's street life has lies, dogs and their own-
playing around the city this "I think it's a fundamental a public library in Queens always been vibrant, but ers — it became clear that
fall — filled a need she's human need," she said. and the final one in a these days, the city's out- the concert is as much an
had since indoor perfor- The Philharmonic came up Brooklyn park. door spaces are more im- emotional outlet for the
mances stopped in March, with the idea for a series The bandwagon itself — a portant than ever as many crowd as it is for the musi-
depriving musicians of not of outdoor, pop-up perfor- red Ford pickup truck — residents are stuck in small cians.
just a paycheck, but a mances over the summer, rolls up to the curb carry- apartments working from "I think as we're closeted
sense of purpose. even as it was forced to lay ing a sound system, music home. up in our homes dealing
"You're not a complete mu- off or furlough nearly half its stands, lights and orange "There's this whole myth with the storm that is cur-
sician if you're just playing staff as it faced a multimil- traffic cones to keep the that New York is dying, but rent events we need an
for yourself," Simon said. lion-dollar budget deficit. audience socially distant. it's only dying in the places outlet. We need a place to
Simon, a native of England On that Friday, Simon and The musicians follow in a that were built for people put our feelings, we need a
who joined the New York a few colleagues played van. not from New York — the place to feel safe," Stewart
Philharmonic in 1985, says three corners of the city The Philharmonic plans to people in New York are said. "You don't know what
she has struggled to cope as part of the series they're hold its final Bandwagon thriving," said Curtis Stew- you've got until it's gone."q
Review: A Filipina singer with heart in ‘Yellow Rose’

cleaner. On the night when way through boozy bars fellow kitchen worker. Still,
Rose and a guitar-shop needs sanctuary as much "Yellow Rose" sings an af-
friend Elliot (Liam Booth) as she does a big break. fecting, sorrowful and de-
sneak into Austin to see The script can be too fiant song where dreams
Dale Watson (playing him- heightened and prone to collide with a cruel reality.
self) perform at the Broken leaps of coincidence, and "Yellow Rose," a Sony Pic-
Spoke dance hall, Priscilla is details are sometimes lack- tures release, is rated PG-
taken by Immigration and ing. But the heart of "Yellow 13 by the Motion Picture
Customs Enforcement, im- Rose" is true, a testament Association of America
prisoned and soon deport- to Noblezada's strong pres- for some strong language,
ed to Manila. Rose narrowly ence and her ability to belt and teen drinking. Running
escapes the ICE raid, and is the film's original songs. time: 94 minutes. Two and
This image released by Sony Pictures shows Eva Noblezada in a left distraught and alone. "Yellow Rose" occasionally
scene from "Yellow Rose." a half stars out of four.q
Associated Press She improvises a life of her touches on the daily terror Solution Sudoku
own in Texas, a plight coin- of other undocumented
By JAKE COYLE cowboy hat. She's about ciding with her awakening immigrants — ICE is always
AP Film Writer the furthest thing possible as a country musician. just around the corner.
"I'm illegal," says Rosario from a criminal. She's a pic- The contrasts of "Yellow (One agent, perhaps un-
"Rose" Garcia (Eva No- ture of Americana. Rose" are stark. It's part a realistically, lets Rose go
blezada), a Filipina living Unrequited love has taken "Star Is Born"-styled coming- during a raid on the Broken
undocumented in Texas, many forms in the movies, of-age tale, part immigrant Spoke.) But considering the
in Diane Paragas' "Yellow but in "Yellow Rose," devo- nightmare. That makes for film's proximity to the Mexi-
Rose." The way she says it tion is denied by a coun- an often moving, some- can border, it could have
is meant, as it is, to sound try. Rose, 17, lives with her times clunky take on the enlarged its scope to incor-
ridiculous. Here is a bright, widowed mother, Priscilla modern American musical, porate Hispanic characters
headstrong young wom- (Princess Punzalan), at the where an aspiring, hugely more than a brief encoun-
an, dressed in jeans and a motel where she works as a talented singer making her ter with a swiftly captured Puzzle on Page 13