Interview with New York Philharmonic's Alan Gilbert | 
San Diego Union Tribune
by James Chute
May 7, 2012
New York Philharmonic's Alan Gilbert wants orchestra to be a force in city's culture
Like the city it embodies, the New York Philharmonic has an in-your-face reputation.
No less a figure than the Cleveland Orchestra's George Szell, who was not exactly a retiring personality, called it "murderers' row," in reference to how challenging its musicians could be.
For the New York Philharmonic's current music director, Alan Gilbert, however, the orchestra couldn't be more cooperative.
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| Thinking BIG in La Jolla - Season 44 Announced! | 
San Diego Union Tribune
by James Chute
April 29, 2012
The NBA is not the only enterprise that’s going BIG (to quote the league’s ubiquitous advertising slogan).
The La Jolla Music Society is also flexing its muscles.
In its 2012-13 season, announced today, the Music Society is presenting three BIG dance companies: the Joffrey Ballet, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Béjart Ballet. They are so BIG, the series is moving out of the Birch North Park Theatre and into Copley Symphony Hall for the Joffrey and the Ailey. Béjart, with its 50 dancers, will be in the even bigger Civic Theatre.
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