The New York Times on Thursday, September 25th, published an article by Daniel J. Wakin on the front page of its arts section about the Plain Dealer’s dismissal of Donald Rosenberg as the critic of the Cleveland Orchestra performances. Not much new ground is covered; there are quotes from Rosenberg himself, from Plain Dealer editor Sarah Goldberg (who declines to comment on an “internal personnel matter”), from Franz Wesler-Möst (“If the same person writes after six years that the orchestra plays beautifully and what I do is bad, somehow it misses logic.”) and from Gary Hanson, who reiterates most of what he said in the comment he left on this blog.
The Orchestra’s first concert of the season was last night. So far, no review on the PD web site. I’m going tonight.
Zachary Lewis’s review of opening night:
http://viewfromhere.typepad.com/the_view_from_here/2008/09/welser-möst-survives-opening-night-in-cleveland-eschenbach-lands-washington-dc-posts-plural.html