THE NY PHIL SWEEPSTAKES

The name-the-next-New-York-Philharmonic-music-director game continues. Peter G. Davis takes a look at the contenders. “I wouldn’t count out anything in this latest crazy round of musical chairs. When I left Barenboim’s hotel suite, who should be ushered in, with a hungry look in his eye, but Zarin Mehta?” – New York Magazine