Boston fact-checker dismembers NY Times music critic Orchestrasnorman lebrecht August 06, 2026From the latest substack post by analyst Thomas W. Dinsmore:David Allen (pictured, left) has a doctorate in History from Columbia University. Living in the Boston area, I long ago lost count of how many times I have seen Nelsons conduct over his 12 seasons in charge. During his tenure as Globe music critic, Jeremy Eichler consistently praised Nelsons for producing performances of remarkable emotional intensity. Most of the recent Andris Nelsons reviews in the Boston Musical Intelligencer are positive, a few neutral, none negative. In April, Susanna Mälkki visited … to premiere Andrew Norman’s complicated two-piano rewrite of “Split,” a Boston Symphony commission.