Michael Tilson Thomas obituary (opens in new tab)

American conductor who brought high-octane dynamism to performances by the London Symphony OrchestraIn the heady days of the 1970s the London Symphony Orchestra, its members attired in casual shirts and sweaters, was pulling in huge audiences for classical music in the BBC television series André Previn’s Music Night.The more sober approach of Previn’s immediate successor, Claudio Abbado, immersed in the European tradition, required some adjustments by audiences and players alike, but when Mi...