February 26, Woodstock Playhouse: Mozart, Hummel, Britten, Beethoven. This orchestra has not played together since February of 2020. And one day after the CDC has largely lifted the mask recommendation in the country, it gets especially silly again. At the entrance, one is asked – rather gruffly and not ten seconds after entering – to put on a mask; no one asks about vaccination. The orchestra wears uniform burgundy masks, except for the wind players, who wear none. The conductor conducts with a black mask. It is the magic shield, the cross of ashes. When you wear that, disaster is averted.