A consultation with his doctors, and X-rays, have confirmed that there are no broken bones, although there is the understandable soreness and discomfort that typically result from a fall of this type. |
Every situation is very different. For 29 years here, it had been Seiji, Seiji, Seiji. So it was great for the players that, for two years [with Levine waiting in the wings], the focus was the Boston Symphony. But at the same time, what Jim has been able to do here in just two years is bring a focus and a standard. Bernard Haitink immediately remarked on the difference. |
It's not the first time we've done a program that we knew would be a challenge. |
Last week Mr. Ozawa returned to Japan and was admitted to a hospital for treatment of a bronchial infection and a shingles infection that has affected one of his eyes. Mr. Ozawa has been released from the hospital and is currently at home in Japan, following his doctor's instructions to take a period of several months' rest. |
Mr. Levine is extremely disappointed about his continuing absence from the BSO podium, and sincerely hopes to return as soon as possible. |
The Berlin Philharmonic has a music director, and the Vienna Philharmonic doesn't. They're two of the best orchestras in the world. |
This is entirely driven by two composers who changed music. That being said, if Jim came to me and said I need Schoenberg and Stockhausen, or Schoenberg and Milton Babbitt, I probably would have had a different willingness for proceeding with the plan. |