Mr. Kozinn<\/a> will still get good seats for next season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The NY Times continues its unrelenting assault on the music directorship of Lorin Maazel, this time his conducting of the New York Philharmonic’s “Brahms the Romantic” festival. 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