Let’s Hold Back A Bit On The Dudamania, Okay?

Mark Swed: “[W]e must be cautious with our expectations. [Gustavo] Dudamel is not going to walk on water and he is not going to single-handedly save an art form that has no need of life support. Indeed, were classical music so irrelevant to our times and needs, it could never have produced a Dudamel.”