Story: The Society will present the Chicago Symphony conducted by Riccardo Muti and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Alan Gilbert, among others. The Orange County Register, Jan. 27, 2011. Click here to read my article
photo: todd rosenberg, courtesy of the chicago symphony
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Since the San Francisco Symphony is celebrating its centennial in 2012 with a visit to the Bay Area by the bands of Cleveland, Chicago and New York (and relatively nearby LA too), I’m guessing those groups are trying to spread around the cost of traveling to the West Coast. The other orchestra that also will be flying in to salute the SFS’s 100th is the Boston Symphony. But I guess they’re not attempting to offset the expense of a trip to California.
I wonder if any of these orchestras, in turn, will try to maximize the return on such a booking by also playing in LA, Palm Springs or San Diego?