{"id":175,"date":"2006-10-22T15:20:12","date_gmt":"2006-10-22T15:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2006\/10\/22\/hello-i-must-be-going\/"},"modified":"2006-10-24T13:13:56","modified_gmt":"2006-10-24T13:13:56","slug":"hello-i-must-be-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2006\/10\/22\/hello-i-must-be-going\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED- Hello, I must be going"},"content":{"rendered":"

This just in-\u00a0<\/span> <\/span>Christoph Eschenbach<\/a> has resigned as Music Director of the <\/a><\/span>Philadelphia Orchestra<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and will be concluding his tenure at the end of the 2007-8 season.\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

More thoughts to follow.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

UPDATE-<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>This<\/a> from Adam Shatzman\u00a0suggests that Eschenbach has goten a raw deal in the press and from some musicians.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>David Patrick Stearns\u00a0wonders<\/a> if the Philly musicians are getting a reputation as the new “conductor eating orchestra”\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>Peter Dorbin offers his thoughts here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Here<\/a> is what the Gramophone had to say<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>After reading this-<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0“Eschenbach, 67, was said to be at his home in Paris and unavailable for comment, but Kevin Kleinmann, his spokesman, said the conductor had decided he no longer wanted to be tied down to a major orchestra. “He has too many other plans and projects — opera, youth orchestras, festivals, the Internet.”<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>\u00a0in the Washington Post news item by Tim Page, I called Eschenbach at his home and suggested a “career swap.” I’m delighted to report that, as of 2008, I will be the new music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and Christoph will be working with\u00a0a\u00a0number of my favorite youth orchestras,\u00a0and will take over authorship of A View from the Podium.<\/span><\/p>\n

Good times!<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>More serious thoughts to follow<\/span><\/p>\n