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After being closed for 572 days because of the pandemic, Carnegie Hall, the country’s preeminent concert space, opened its season on Wednesday. I

The pandemic hit while the orchestra was in the middle of a search to find a new music director to succeed Anu Tali, who stepped down in 2018 after six years. Several of the seven conductors set to lead Masterworks concerts, the organization’s centerpiece programs, are returning from past seasons, including Marcelo Lehninger, who opens the season, JoAnn Falletta and Bramwell Tovey. Others, like Teddy Abrams, music director of the Louisville Orchestra, and Stephen Mulligan, associate conductor...