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Of course they couldn't take over Carnegie Hall for even half of a season or even a quarter or a tenth of a season. However, it is early enough that they should be able to fit in a group of concerts into their schedule and make it into a series. The Met Opera Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra have three-concert series; it's hardly a new idea. There's even a chance the orchestra could work with soloists instead of having individual recitals. For example, this season there are two Perspectives series of four and six concerts each. There is a Composer-in-Residence series of six concerts. The orchestra has a composer-in-residence for two-season stints; perhaps the same composer could fill the role with both institutions. Perhaps the orchestra could be used for one of the Perspectives series. There are three scheduled for next season, two sets of six concerts and one of four. I don't know how feasible it is to perform at the Met Opera on Sundays. There might be too much housekeeping and set-up for the following week's shows on the "off" day.

Yes. There was an article in the Seattle-PI about the visit: Preview: The Dazzling Miami City Ballet Comes to Vancouver I hope that people take advantage of the (weep, weep) very sad Canadian dollar in the off-season and visit. The company is doing four performances, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights and Saturday matinee, February 19-21.

I would guess that as a tenant company of Lincoln Center, the NY Philharmonic would have first dibs on that space, if they want it. It would certainly make it convenient for the subscribers. 2019 should be far enough away for Carnegie Hall to accommodate the orchestra, but I doubt they'll get that big a chunk of the CH calendar. I wonder if the NY Phil will tour locally, like the concert hall in Newark, the NJ performing arts center, and to college venues in New Jersey, Westchester, Rockland County, Long Island, Connecticut, etc. They could commission the kitted out rock-star buses.

I missed the news from last Friday: Alan Gilbert announced that he will leave the NY Philharmonic in 2017, eight years after he took the position. He will help program the 2017-18 Biennial, according to this NPR report. He also said, The Avery Fisher Hall is supposed to go from 2019-21, and he pointed out this would give the new conductor a chance to forget relationships with the subscribers and donors. Since fundraising starts much earlier, the following makes sense for the subscriber and donor base, http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/new-york-philharmonic-next-music-director/?utm_source=Newsletter%3A+This+Week+In+WQXR&utm_campaign=674c651101-This_Week_on_WQXR_5_15_14_copy_01_5_22_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_aa1c2a6097-674c651101-66206777&mc_cid=674c651101&mc_eid=81482feaf0 however, with the orchestra homeless for two years, the forward-thinking Gilbert would have been perfect for utilizing unusual venues, as he did at the New York Armory. The two biggest issues raised in the WQXR article are that most major conductors are locked into long-term contracts, and 2017 is very soon, and that it will be difficult to fill the concertmaster position, since the new conductor usually brings in his or her own concertmaster, and for anyone who doesn't want an interim job, it's not ideal. I love the quote from Deborah Borda, though:

From a recent interview with Michaela DePrince: