What might have been simply a guest-conducted performance of Mahler’s second symphony has since generated significant buzz as people speculate about the BSO’s future.

Michael Tilson Thomas conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra on opening night at Tanglewood, the orchestra’s summer residency in Lenox, Massachusetts. While The Boston Globe praised the performance, and astutely compared Levine’s and MTT’s vastly different Mahlers, other publications addressed the underlying suspicion that Levine will be directing fewer and fewer performances.

Rumors aside, the music world looks forward to Levine’s speedy recovery and return to his post at the BSO.

Related articles: The Boston Globe, Berkshire Eagle

Posted on July 27th, 2010 at 2:23 pm | Filed under General |