I don't work weekends if I can help it, but two packages from Sunday's papers require mention: the Globe's section-front report on James Levine and the Boston Symphony Orchestra was exactly the kind of thing they ought to be doing. "The cost of excellence" by Geoff Edgers assessed the extra $1.5 million or so that Levine's ambitious debut season cost the BSO, primarily in logistics and extra pay for musicians. Most interesting was the effort to raise a special $40 million endowment to fund Levine's future plans. And "Anniversary season promises a wealth of bold programming"by Richard Dyer assessed what Levine has planned for the season, the BSO's 125th. ... And in the Herald, Sarah Rodman ran down everything you want to know about Wednesday's Boston Music Awards.
In the Herald this morning, Keith Powers seems both over- and under-whelmed by Thomas Hirschorn's camouflage-themed "Utopia, Utopia" installation at the ICA. Powers writes: " 'I work in confusion and chaos,' Hirschhorn said, and man, has he succeeded here."
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