It was only a month or so ago that Mariss Jansons was being talked up as a successor to Kurt Masur at the New York Philharmonic. But the marriage is evidently not to be. Critics cite the “lack of devotion reportedly exhibited by Philharmonic musicians during a concert Jansons conducted them in on Oct. 31. Reviews of the performance were mixed, and some felt that the connection between Jansons and the Philharmonic musicians was lackluster. – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette