Symphony Hall Boston
For over one hundred years Symphony Hall has been the home to both the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops. It was the first concert hall designed with acoustical principles in mind and is regarded as one of the two or three finest halls in the world. Modestly decorated and surprisingly small, the Hall seats 2600 for BSO performances and slightly less for the Pops season.

It is immediately obvious that the designers were conscious of the acoustical demands, and placed them ahead of all other priorities of design. The walls of the stage slope inward to help focus the sound. The side balconies are shallow so as not to trap any of the sound, and the recesses of the ceiling, along with the statue-filled niches along the three sides, help to distribute the sound throughout the hall. Even proper reverberation times were calculated and engineered into the architecture! Technical considerations aside, there is much beauty to this stately auditorium. Greek and Roman statues adorn the building, originally designed after the Leipzip Gewandhaus and the old Boston Music Hall.

Tours are available, but the real experience to be enjoyed here are the concerts themselves. Symphony Hall lets you enjoy both the culture and the history of Boston at the same time.

Official website Symphony Hall Boston