21.   Every good chemical reaction that exists between this urban American orchestra and its austere Central European music director seemed to be at work.

22.   For several years, the orchestra had recorded more extensively and prominently than other American orchestras, so Cleveland had farther to fall.

23.   He conducted nearly every major American orchestra.

24.   He does, however, provide the kind of decisive regional leadership that American orchestras most need right now, more than any across-the-board miracle cure.

25.   He has also just started to take on guest conducting engagements with regional American orchestras.

26.   He has become a regular guest with American orchestras.

27.   He intends to spend more time in Europe, where his children and grandchildren live, and to have the opportunity to conduct other American orchestras.

28.   He is the only conductor of a major American orchestra, and one of the very few conductors worldwide, who pursues an active composing career.

29.   He had, by then, performed with all the major American orchestras.

30.   He was a frequent soloist with the New York Philharmonic and other major American orchestras and a favorite collaborator of George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra.