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So how was New York Phil's new man in his last job?
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Covent Garden's new chief appeals to Government for stay of execution
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PayPal and the destroyed violin: 'we're looking into it' (update)
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Just up: hacked symphony website restored
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Levine's last show – now on youtube
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Web alert: symphony website attacked
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Russia's greatest string quartet, with the blessing of Russia's finest – free classical download #8
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The first question the New York Phil asked its new chief executive
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Breaking: New York Philharmonic announces new chief executive
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Composer finally makes it to the post office
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Esteemed conductor retires. Then wants his job back. And resigns.
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How Zubin Mehta and a marimba ensemble helped solve Mozart's 'murder'
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Did Paypal make an Ebay buyer destroy a precious violin?
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I'm backing an opera singer for the Costa book prize
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A jazz violin concerto? – free classical download #7
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The world's best minister of culture has a 70th birthday
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