Levine in Boston – it's gone beyond a joke
mainReports of indiscipline in the Boston Symphony Orchestra after James Levine’s latest health withdrawal need to be taken very seriously indeed. According to the Boston Herald players were seen giggling and sniggering during Mahler’s Ninth Symphony, under substitute conductor Sean Newhouse. There’s no excuse for that.
Levine’s brother says he may scale back his Boston involvement in future, but it’s too late for half-measures if the orchestra cannot play a an end-of-life symphony with a straight face. Levine needs to resign now, for the sake of Boston’s reputation.
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