OAKLAND’S BROAD MUSICAL HORIZON
A leader in symphonic innovation and imagination now for six decades, the Oakland Symphony launched its first full post-pandemic season this month with the first of its music-director candidates out front. And, of course, with an innovative program. Through countless setbacks, the ensemble keeps emerging again and again like a phoenix from the ashes; its struggles remain a challenge for the future. Has any ensemble suffered greater adversity? It went bankrupt after the off-season death (accidental drowning) of its highly…