Former music director Zdenek Macal will not appear in the New Jersey Symphony's Dvorák Festival in January because his wife is seriously ill, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. The series was planned by Macal and was intended to serve as his farewell appearance.
According to the Star-Ledger, Macal's wife Georgina has been ill for several years, but her condition has recently worsened.
Macal, a Dvorák specialist, served as the NJSO's music director for nine years, stepping down last year; he is now chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic. The NJSO has yet to name his replacement.
Anne Manson, Vassily Sinaisky and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski will share conducting duties for the 12-concert festival.
— Ben Mattison
"Macal
bows out of Dvorak fest"
Bradley Bambarger - Star-Ledger [Newark]
- 30 September 2003
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