Gustavo Dudamel conducted the New York Philharmonic last night in a hard-driving, powerfully controlled, at times very intense version of Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony. Today, Venezuelans are voting on Hugo Chávez's "constitutional reform." Chávez said on Friday: "If God gives me life and help, I will be at the head of the government until 2050." ... Update: As it turns out, he will not.
