Video In The Concert Hall? Only If It’s Really Good Video.

There has been a recent slew of concerts in New York in which the musicians brought along a video component to complement their performance. But is the move to add multimedia to the staid old classical concert form really a positive step? Allan Kozinn isn’t sure. “If there’s no compelling reason to do it beyond simply doing something new — and if it isn’t so thoroughly thought through that it becomes an organic part of the show… it can do more harm than good.”