The Baghdad Symphony Orchestra doesn’t expect its future to be the first priority of the new Iraqi government, or of the occupying force of American and British troops currently running the country. But The BSO is beginning to run out of time to stabilize its organization, which has been in chaos since the war in Iraq began. The orchestra’s musicians have not been paid in months, and last week, an Italian cultural attache charged with overseeing Iraq’s cultural life failed to show up for a meeting with the orchestra’s management. To make matters worse, the orchestra is fearful that whatever new government eventually emerges in Iraq may not be supportive of classical music at all.