Jon Johanning wrote: >The Philadelphia Orchestra has announced that next year, in their >centennial season, they will program exclusively 20th-century music >(including a number of new commissions). Yes, dramatic indeed, and hopefully pacesetting. Given their relationships with inter alia Rachmaninoff, Sibelius, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich I'd say that they have plenty of top-drawer stuff to pick from. Aaron J. Rabushka [log in to unmask]