Editing Carnegie Hall (section)

==== Weill Recital Hall ====
The Joan and Sanford I. Weill Recital Hall is named after [[Sanford I. Weill]], a former chairman of Carnegie Hall's board, as well as his wife Joan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Weill Recital Hall|url=https://www.carnegiehall.org/About/Building-Overview/Weill-Recital-Hall|access-date=August 18, 2021|website=Carnegie Hall|archive-date=July 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709103819/https://www.carnegiehall.org/Information/Weill-Recital-Hall/|url-status=live}}</ref> This auditorium, in use since the hall opened in 1891, was originally called Chamber Music Hall<ref name="nyt19870106">{{Cite news|last=Rockwell|first=John|author-link=John Rockwell|date=January 6, 1987|title=Weill Recital Hall Opens at Carnegie|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/06/arts/weill-recital-hall-opens-at-carnegie.html|access-date=August 18, 2021|archive-date=August 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818152704/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/06/arts/weill-recital-hall-opens-at-carnegie.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and was placed in the "lateral building" east of the main hall.<ref name="p573484756" /> The space later became the Carnegie Chamber Music Hall, and the name was changed to Carnegie Recital Hall in the late 1940s.<ref name="nyt19870106" /> The venue was renamed after Joan and Sanford I. Weill in 1986,<ref name="nyt-1986-11-06">{{Cite news |last=Holland |first=Bernard|author-link=Bernard Holland|date=November 6, 1986 |title=Carnegie Recital Hall to Be Renamed|newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/06/arts/carnegie-recital-hall-to-be-renamed.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821151421/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/06/arts/carnegie-recital-hall-to-be-renamed.html |archive-date=August 21, 2021}}</ref><ref name="n110349671">{{Cite news |last=Nash |first=Dawn |date=November 6, 1986 |title=Carnegie renames recital hall |page=137|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110349671/carnegie-renames-recital-halldawn-nash/ |access-date=September 28, 2022}}</ref> reopening in January 1987.<ref name="nyt19870106" /><ref name="Stern (2006) p. 733" />

The recital hall is served by its own lobby, which contains a pale color palette with red geometric metalwork. Prior to a 1980s renovation, it shared a lobby with the main auditorium.<ref name="p424782471">{{cite news|last=Goldberger|first=Paul|date=September 8, 1983|title=Architecture: Carnegie Hall Restoration, Phase 1|page=C16|newspaper=The New York Times|id={{ProQuest|424782471}}}}</ref> The Weill Recital Hall is the smallest of the three performance spaces, with a total of 268 seats.<ref name="Carnegie Hall 2" /><ref name="Stern (2006) pp. 732-733">{{harvnb|Stern|Fishman|Tilove|2006|ps=.|pp=732–733}}</ref><ref name="Carnegie Hall" /> The orchestra level contains 196 seats in fourteen rows, while the balcony level contains 72 seats in five rows.<ref name="Carnegie Hall">{{cite web|last1=Carnegie Hall|title=Weill Recital Hall|url=http://www.carnegiehall.org/Information/Weill-Recital-Hall/|access-date=May 5, 2015|ref=weillhall|archive-date=July 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709103819/https://www.carnegiehall.org/Information/Weill-Recital-Hall/|url-status=live}}</ref> The modern-day recital hall contains off-white walls and blue seats.<ref name="nyt-1986-11-06" /><ref name="n110349671" /> In the mid-20th century, the recital hall was decorated with red and gold, which was replaced in the 1980s with Palladian arches similar to those in the hall's original design. A [[proscenium]] arch made of plywood, as well as a paneled wall behind the stage, were installed after the recital hall's completion but were removed in the 1980s to improve acoustics.<ref name="nyt-1986-11-06" /><ref name="Stern (2006) pp. 732-733" /> The room has three chandeliers, which also amplify the room's acoustics.<ref name="nyt-1986-11-06" />