The Berlin Philharmonic's stalemate: what next?

Call it phil-disharmony. After 11 hours of voting, the Berlin Phil have failed to choose a new conductor. Just what was going on inside that Berlin church and how they will replace Simon Rattle in 2018? So that was the election that wasn’t. After a day of feverish waiting and bating of breath, of fake Spiegel articles and even faker rumours on Twitter (all since deleted) that declared an decision had been reached, the result of the Berlin Philharmonic’s “conclave” to choose their new pri