Why Is The NY Phil So Hung Up On Muti?

The grumbling over Riccardo Muti’s appointment as Chicago Symphony music director doesn’t seem to be abating within the ranks of the New York Philharmonic, and Anthony Tommasini is confused: “Mr. Muti would have been all wrong for New York. I, for one, could not be more hopeful about [Alan] Gilbert’s potential. But I thought that the Philharmonic players all would have shared my enthusiasm.”