Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "West Side Community Concerts, Inc., renamed West Side Orchestral Concerts, Inc. in 1968, were an American summer classical concert series given by a 40-piece orchestra, The Festival Symphony Orchestra. The series debuted in the summer of 1962 and continued until 1977. Frédérique Petrides (1903–1983) was its founder, organizer and musical director. The first concert in 1962, took place at 73rd Street, in Riverside Park, but in 1963 the series moved to its permanent location, a spacious sports arena, with the Hudson River as a backdrop, at 103rd Street in Riverside Park, Manhattan, New York, where, for the concerts, a temporary acoustical shell was brought in. The series was publicized and referred to as \"Tanglewood around the corner\". The concerts were well received by the press, attended by as many as 4,500, and broadcast live on WNYC radio."@en }
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- West_Side_Orchestral_Concerts abstract "West Side Community Concerts, Inc., renamed West Side Orchestral Concerts, Inc. in 1968, were an American summer classical concert series given by a 40-piece orchestra, The Festival Symphony Orchestra. The series debuted in the summer of 1962 and continued until 1977. Frédérique Petrides (1903–1983) was its founder, organizer and musical director. The first concert in 1962, took place at 73rd Street, in Riverside Park, but in 1963 the series moved to its permanent location, a spacious sports arena, with the Hudson River as a backdrop, at 103rd Street in Riverside Park, Manhattan, New York, where, for the concerts, a temporary acoustical shell was brought in. The series was publicized and referred to as \"Tanglewood around the corner\". The concerts were well received by the press, attended by as many as 4,500, and broadcast live on WNYC radio.".