Many Orchestras Thriving

Here's an interesting blog post by Douglas McLennan in ArtsJournal.com, titled, "Some Of Our Orchestras Seem To Be Thriving – Is This A New Trend?" While mentioning several good news stories about other orchestras, he mentions that The Philadelphia Orchestra "has – in my opinion – rarely sounded better. It’s amazing to me that an orchestra can sound that good with all the turmoil going on around it."