MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:
And finally today, we continue our month-long look at how the coronavirus pandemic has upended the arts world in ways that might even outlast the pandemic. Today, we re going to hear about the changes the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has had to make. It ended its last season abruptly when the pandemic hit in the spring. Then in September, it kicked off its very first online concert season.
RAINER EUDEIKIS: We re performing concerts, but in a very different arrangement, a different formation.
MARTIN: That s Rainer Eudeikis, the orchestra s principal cellist. He says that in order to make social distancing possible onstage, the number of musicians involved in performances has had to be cut by almost two-thirds.