Stirling Newberry writes of candidates for the Boston Symphony:

>My guess - Essa Pekka Salonen, or someone very much like him.

I have read in the Los Angeles Times and elsewhere that Salonen gave
$250,000 (or some such) to the new Disney symphony hall construction fund,
signalling that he intends to stay in L.A.  for awhile.  I think he is in
good shape here.

Cordially,
Bob Chen
Los Angeles, CA