As covered in Part 1 of this series, when Boston Symphony Orchestra management announced on March 6 that it was not renewing musical director Andris Nelsons’s contract beyond the 2027 season due to a misalignment of visions, it prompted an outcry from fans and musicians that seems to have gained momentum alongside the Tanglewood season. The most organized opposition is the Red Flower Campaign, with organizers George Whiting and Quinn MacKenzie doing weekend stand-outs in Lenox to distribute lawn signs, T-shirts, and red roses in support of Nelsons. This led Tanglewood management, as reported on the front page of the Boston Globe on Saturday, to issue instructions to ushers to keep patrons from handing out the flowers at concerts, which has not succeeded in minimizing their appearance. (MacKenzie says he’s close to handing out all 10,000 flowe…
