Gittleman relishes explaining for audiences the composers' intentions. He likes connecting audiences to what's behind the music, hence the basis for Classical Conversations, which in Dayton he calls Classical Connections. Next season he'll start another such series with the Phoenix Symphony. Joan Squires, that orchestra's executive director, invited him to do it. Just a few years ago she was the MSO's executive director.
Connections lead to connections.
So there will always be ways to stay connected to Neal Gittleman. We'll always want that. Andreas Delfs also conducts the MSO this weekend in an all-Brahms concert, one of the many highlights of this month's International Arts Festival.