Sir Simon Rattle, the incumbent music director of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Recent links of note:
The GOP Candidates Most Likely to Be Left Out of the Debates
Harry Enten, FiveThirtyEight
The field for the 2016 GOP Presidential nomination is as crowded as it’s ever been. So crowded, in fact, that getting all of the candidates on one stage for a debate is nearly impossible. Fox and CNN have said they will limit their debates to 10 participants, and Harry Enten at FiveThirtyEight looks at who’s most likely to miss the cut.
The Berlin Philharmonic Searches for a Messiah
Alex Ross, The New Yorker
Several weeks ago, the members of the Berlin Philharmonic sequestered themselves, conclave-like, to select a new music director. Their failure to reach a decision was the buzz of the music world. Alex Ross of The New Yorker weighs in on the cult of the conductor.
Clinton emails released
The Wall Street Journal
Tired of catching up on emails all week? Catch up on Hillary’s instead. The Wall Street Journal has you covered.
The Brooklyn Museum’s Creative Choice
Mostafa Heddaya, ARTINFO
The Brooklyn Museum raised a few eyebrows when it named Anne Pasternak its new director. Mostafa Heddaya weighs in, and shares a few thoughts from our own James Panero.
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The moral of Caesar
Roger Kimball
On Barry Strauss’s new biography of Julius Caesar.