The Israel Philharmonic is a unique symphony orchestra. Almost all of its 72 original members were refugees from the Nazis. It has played on, almost without missing a beat, through blackouts, air raids and to the obbligato of small-arms fire, in clubrooms, movie houses, synagogues, on collective farms. Though it was first heard 21 years ago as the Palestine Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Arturo Toscanini, and has since performed in the world's famed concert halls (and in the Vatican for the Pope), the orchestra has never had a real home. Last...
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