Donald Satz wrote:

>At any rate, I have looked into my magic globe, and it tells me that
>Welser-Most will have a productive and rewarding experience in Cleveland
>(if it's possible to find anything rewarding in that fabulous town), and
>eclipse all memory of Szell.

I hope you are right, but time will tell.  I will wait and see.  I want to
hear FWM's Haydn before I make any judgment.  Dohnanyi has done a pretty
good job of erasing the memory of Szell.  No one certainly complains that
Szell's standards and rigor have lessened under CvD.  That is no small
accomplishment.

Still. . .  can you trade Welser-Most and Thomas Morris for Esa-Peka
Salonen and a player to be named later?

>Okay, Cleveland's not so bad when comparing it to Akron and Youngstown.

Cleveland is a great town!  Come on!

Mark