I was torn away from my bedtime reading of the complete works of Rabindrath Tagore by a sudden remembrance of an incident which predates my time in the Oregon Symphony.<\/p>\n
Apparently, there was a young Romanian violinist who was denied tenure and had to leave the orchestra. \u00c2\u00a0Before leaving, however, she publicly put a curse<\/em> on the orchestra. \u00c2\u00a0The finances of the orchestra have been hit-and-miss ever since. \u00c2\u00a0Coincidence?<\/p>\n Perhaps we could buck the recession woes by hiring a professional shaman to come in and cleanse our spiritual auras. \u00c2\u00a0I think it’s worth a shot, don’t you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was torn away from my bedtime reading of the complete works of Rabindrath Tagore by a sudden remembrance of an incident which predates my time in the Oregon Symphony. 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