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The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, based in San Francisco, has named Peter Whelan as its next music director. Whelan, 47, will take up the baton a year from now. He succeeds Richard Egarr. Meantime, he will […]

The magnificent saxophonist David Sanborn has died of prostate cancer, which he had endured for six years. He took up the instrument on doctors’ orders as a child to strengthen his chest muscles and improve […]

The death this week of James Loughran called to mind a species of excellent British conductors who never pursued the limelight. Loughran’s 12 years at the Halle, succeeding the irreplaceable John Barbirolli, was a phenomenal […]