Dissappearing woodwinds in the Chicago Symphony

With Eugene Izotov leaving for San Francisco the longest-serving principal of the woodwind section will be Stephen Williamson who started with the Chicago Symphony in 2011. In a blink of an eye the first chairs of the woodwinds have disappeared leaving the principal bassoon, flute, oboe, and horn positions vacant. For comparison, the newest member of the trombone section, Michael Mulcahy, joined in 1989.