Last season, The New York Times memorably described the experience of Leon Botstein's concert of avant-garde music with the American Symphony Orchestra as "this faraway world, Botsteinburg."
The ASO's October 3 concert became the de facto opening night for Carnegie Hall, after a stagehands' strike forced the cancellation of the official opener.
The Times hailed "this mysterious land, (where) opening nights at concert halls don't feature cozy chestnuts, but rather the granitic, plangent, little-played likes of George Antheil, Carl Ruggles and Charles Griffes."
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