Page: Handicapping The National Symphony’s Leadership Prospects

Who should be Washington’s National Symphony’s next music director? The orchestra ought to have more respect. More stature. Matter more. The orchestra has always been tough to lead, and Leonard Slatkin is only the latest conductor to be told his services were coming to an end. There are brilliant conductors out there, but the National probably doesn’t have the stature to play in the big leagues, writes Tim Page. So who can the orchestra get?