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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4598/C.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='NY Philharmonic Cancels Season, Plays Along City Streets' data-article-id='5125'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10208'>The New York Philharmonic made the historic decision this week to cancel its entire performance season.</span> <span data-start-time='10208' data-end-time='26792'>The president of the famed symphony orchestra Deborah Borda said on Tuesday that it had lost a combined $30 million in ticket sales for this season and next.</span> <span data-start-time='26792' data-end-time='36104'>The orchestra’s total budget for the 2019-2020 season is $87 million.</span> <span data-start-time='36104' data-end-time='43854'>Borda said the company raised more money than expected from individual donors.</span> <span data-start-time='43854' data-end-time='52750'>But that money, “cannot make up for those massive amounts of lost ticket revenue," she said.</span> <span data-start-time='52750' data-end-time='56604'>Because we live on earned ticket revenue.”</span> <span data-start-time='56604' data-end-time='67229'>The New York Philharmonic is the oldest orchestra in the United States at 178 years old.</span> <span data-start-time='67229' data-end-time='73521'>It is part of the country’s so-called “big five” symphonies.</span> <span data-start-time='73521' data-end-time='89458'> It has continued its performance seasons through crises including the Civil War, Great Depression, the September 11th terror attacks, and even other disease outbreaks.</span> <span data-start-time='89458' data-end-time='100667'>But the spread of the new coronavirus, and restrictions related to it, has brought the organization to its breaking point.</span> <span data-start-time='100667' data-end-time='107063'>The full Philharmonic has not performed since March 10.</span> <span data-start-time='107063' data-end-time='120583'> It announced on June 10 that it had canceled the autumn part of the 2020-21 season and would restart normal performances in early January.</span> <span data-start-time='120583' data-end-time='127417'>About seventy Philharmonic support employees have lost their jobs.</span> <span data-start-time='127417' data-end-time='133438'>Orchestra musicians have seen pay cuts of 25 percent.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4598/the_cost_to_run_a_successful_company.wav'><span>the cost to run a successful company</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4598/a_large_stream_that_runs_down_a_mountain.wav'><span>a large stream that runs down a mountain</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4598/a_meeting_that_takes_place_during_business_hours.wav'><span>a meeting that takes place during business hours</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=16082 data-hint-location='56604' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4598/how_old_is_the_new_york_philharmonic.wav'>How old is the New York Philharmonic?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='178 years old'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4598/178_years_old.wav'><span>178 years old</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4598/78_years_old.wav'><span>78 years old</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4598/128_years_old.wav'><span>128 years old</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4598/100_years_old.wav'><span>100 years old</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=16083 data-hint-location='100667' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4598/the_full_new_york_philharmonic_has_not_performed_since__blank_.wav'>The full New York Philharmonic has not performed since <span class='blank'>March 10</span>.</div><div class='choices' 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