The new Chicago Symphony season seems to have veered in a decidedly populist (read: anti-Barenboim) direction, says John van Rhein. “There will be a conspicuous drop in the kind of rigorous modernist programming Barenboim favored — no Schoenberg, no Elliott Carter.” Behind the change in tone is CSO President Deborah Card, “[whose] primary mandate is building up an audience that has fallen somewhat during the Barenboim years. And so her administration continues to stress consumer-friendly initiatives such as Classic Encounters and the popular Friday-night film series.”