Jon Johanning wrote:

>Well, I didn't choose the programs, so I won't defend them.  I too would
>have selected many other works, but my taste, as well as yours, is far from
>that of the average Philadelphia audience member, and an orchestra in the
>real world has to take that into consideration.

Reading your note I could not help but wonder what you meant by the phrase
"an orchestra in the real world."

Karl