The New York Philharmonic faces big challenges – looking for a new music director as well as an extended exile from Lincoln center while its home is renovated. Might this lead to changes? “Imagine if the status quo were shaken up. For a month or so an orchestra would present varied weekly programs, like those today. This could be followed by, say, a minifestival focused on a single composer or an overall theme, with a different program for each concert. Then the musicians might subdivide into chamber orchestras and perform in high school auditoriums and smaller halls before reassembling at the homestead for another installment of weekly programs.”