A change in tempo: Marin Alsop has the BSO excited about a new direction -- a welcome turnabout from her rocky introduction.

From: The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) | Date: June 11, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Tim Smith

Jun. 11--When Marin Alsop starts her inaugural season as Baltimore Symphony Orchestra music director in September, she'll have a tough act to follow -- herself. As music director-designate this season, Alsop has already shaken things up considerably.

In the past few months alone, she has led the BSO into cyber-land for the first time -- a live performance of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring that enjoyed a ride as No. 1 on iTunes classical downloads. She enlivened programming with, among other things, the ensemble's first all-Philip Glass program.

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