Read more about our season here: ys.fi/2024/10/28/1...

He kept saying "I'm so sorry I brought this up, you look pained, but..." and she kept just shouting "is that what you think art is??"

I mean, probably because of the need to impress American donors with the title. A lot of European ensembles separate the concept of principal conductor and artistic director, often with the latter title going to an administrator in charge of artistic planning who might stick around a little longer..

Exactly. But these mid-to-large publishers are rarely doing anything other than pricing out groups that would really like to perform these works (especially in cases like the Smyth, which is no longer copyright protected. They're just benefiting from a scarcity of material available).