Major loss for the Met as star clarinet walks out

Major loss for the Met as star clarinet walks out

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norman lebrecht

May 14, 2014

The New York Philharmonic has offered its vacant principal clarinet seat to Anthony McGill, a luminous personality at the Metropolitan Orchestra who has played as a soloist at the White House and other high places. Brian Wise reports on WQXR that Anthony has accepted the NY Phil seat, held by Stanley Drucker from 1948 to 2009.

His departure will deliver a significant blow to  morale at the Met and to Peter Gelb’s bid to hold onto talent while cutting the wage bill.

 

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