The National Symphony Orchestra had the first concert of its South America tour on June 13 in Mexico City. The arrival of Eschenbach and the orchestra in Mexico was heralded with much fanfare: El Universal, one of Mexico’s leading papers, averred that the NSO is considered “one of the major national treasures of the United States,” a claim that was probably music to the NSO’s ears, although most American audiences might be a little surprised to hear it.
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