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). This is indeed good news. I've gotten fed up with the war-horses programmed by the Oregon Symphony in the last few years. When they do 20th century works, they have to put them in the middle of a program (with some familiar classical or baroque favorite at the end) to keep most of the audience around. It's maddening. Oh, I pine to hear some new music out of this orchestra... <sigh> It's as if they weren't even living in this current decade! What impact (financially or otherwise), do you suppose, this programming will have on the Philly Orchestra? In Portland we don't seem to have adventurous audiences, and I think the orchestra's board members know that; hence, the more conservatie programming. I'll be interested to see what happens in Philly, and perhaps to see if any other orchestras follow suit. -Lindsey Orcutt [log in to unmask]