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James Levine conducing the Boston Symphony Orchestra (www.bso.org)Boston-New York “Showdown”
To much anticipation, conductor James Levine made his debut as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra this week, and in doing so, he’s set himself up for a classic New York-Boston rivalry. He is already credited with transforming the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra from a glorified pit band to one of the country's top orchestras, and now, comparisons with the BSO are beginning. Today on Soundcheck, we get perspectives from two sides of the equation: Musical America editor Sedgwick Clark weighs in from New York, while Boston Globe classical music critic Richard Dyer gives the Beantown perspective.
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