The Aristocrats

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Tuesday night was a good night for the “Pathétique” Symphony in New York. At 6:50, Ludovic Morlot launched into this symphony — Tchaikovsky’s Sixth — with the New York Philharmonic. That was at Avery Fisher Hall. And, about 9:10, in Carnegie Hall, Franz Welser-Möst launched into the “Pathétique” with the Cleveland Orchestra.

Mr. Welser-Möst is music director of the Cleveland, and, starting in 2010, he will be general music director of the Vienna State Opera. Therefore, he will hold two of the most important positions in all of music. That’s a lot of weight on those slim Austrian shoulders.

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