{"id":502,"date":"2010-01-11T09:48:29","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T14:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bourdaghs.com\/blog\/?p=502"},"modified":"2010-01-11T09:48:29","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T14:48:29","slug":"la-versus-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bourdaghs.com\/blog\/?p=502","title":{"rendered":"LA versus Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

It turns out I’m not the only person who has had to make the Los Angeles vs. Chicago decision in recent years. Flutist Matheiu Dufour has switched from the Chicago Symphony to the Los Angeles Philharmonic and back again, and now there’s a bit of a kerfuffle in the press<\/a> about what it all means. Check out the passionate rebuttals from readers in the comments section, too. <\/p>\n

Who says classical music is boring? I have a ticket for one of the Chicago Symphony’s concerts next week celebrating the 85th birthday of Pierre Boulez (a man who has stirred a ruckus or two in his day, now that I think about it). I’ll keep my eyes and ears peeled for hints of sabotage and smoldering passions among the musicians….<\/p>\n