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