auditorium

Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson walked into the grand auditorium of Kremlin Palace.

At many school visits, the kids are sitting inside a classroom or auditorium.

On Thursday and Friday, two full bills of Mr. Pärt’s music were presented—the first in Carnegie’s storied main auditorium, the second in the underground Zankel Hall, suited to smaller forces.

“This show is about all the relatable stuff that people go through when they reach a certain age,” Coleman, 77, said recently inside the Monroe Forum auditorium where he performs.

That quality did surface, but primarily in the chamber-music program presented Friday at Zankel Hall, the more intimate space beneath Carnegie’s historic auditorium.