Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Boston Symphony Orchestra has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Megyn Kelly Show. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
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Heather Mac DonaldManhattan Institute fellow and City Journal writer on culture and classical music
Mac Donald accuses Smith of lying, saying that ticket sales rose under Nelsons.
“the guy is lying through his teeth because audience membership, buying tickets increased under Nilsson's”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Russell Brand's Friend on the TRUTH, Meghan Markle's Father Back in Jail, and Diversity Over Excellence in Culture, with Heather Mac Donald | Ep. 1439 (Nov 11, 2026) · Listen from 1:38:21
Mac Donald says that BSO administrators now roughly equal musicians in number, driving up costs and ticket prices.
“Currently, the ratio of administrators to musicians is about 1 to 1. There's about 100 administrators now to 100 musicians”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Russell Brand's Friend on the TRUTH, Meghan Markle's Father Back in Jail, and Diversity Over Excellence in Culture, with Heather Mac Donald | Ep. 1439 (Nov 11, 2026) · Listen from 1:28:30
Mac Donald says that Nelsons was pushed out after asking to restore 'artistic excellence' to the strategic plan.
“he wanted to restore a key phrase that had been deleted from the strategic plan, which was to make artistic excellence at the core of what the BSO does”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Russell Brand's Friend on the TRUTH, Meghan Markle's Father Back in Jail, and Diversity Over Excellence in Culture, with Heather Mac Donald | Ep. 1439 (Nov 11, 2026) · Listen from 1:25:26
Chad Smith
Smith says that the BSO had to change what it programs in order to serve its communities more inclusively.
“the only way for us to move forward was to think differently about what it is that we put on our stages”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Russell Brand's Friend on the TRUTH, Meghan Markle's Father Back in Jail, and Diversity Over Excellence in Culture, with Heather Mac Donald | Ep. 1439 (Nov 11, 2026) · Listen from 1:37:48
Podcasts
- The Megyn Kelly Show · 1 episode
Episodes
Russell Brand's Friend on the TRUTH, Meghan Markle's Father Back in Jail, and Diversity Over Excellence in Culture, with Heather Mac Donald | Ep. 1439The Megyn Kelly Show · Nov 11, 2026 · 1 h 43 min
Megyn Kelly talks with comedian Samantha Pressdee about Russell Brand's conviction, covers the Ole Miss incident, Alina Habba and Thomas Markle, then discusses the Boston Symphony's conductor firing with Heather Mac Donald.
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