Did The National Symphony Miss An Opportunity?

“Tonight, Iván Fischer officially begins his two-year stint as principal conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra,” and Anne Midgette wonders what could have been had Fischer and the NSO reached an agreement to make him the orchestra’s music director. Instead, the orchestra will spend the next two years awaiting the arrival of Chrstoph Eschenbach, who “will be 70 when he takes over.”