"I have to kind of give credit to David Diamond," Crawford said in late 2005.

This year's program included three newly commissioned works and the New York premiere of a 29-year old piece by David Diamond.

"I could never see how anyone got any work done," David Diamond said recently.

Kaddish is a work for cello and orchestra by David Diamond.

Three violin concertos from David Diamond show the form in neoclassical style.

"Chemical, Citibank - they are all sitting back and wondering," said David Diamond.

The concert began with "Heroic Piece," by David Diamond, who turned 80 this year and was in attendance.

"Technically, we are on the record as not taking a position," David Diamond, the chairman, explained to his confused fellow board members.

From 1959 to 1961, he studied composition in Florence with David Diamond.

No one could blame David Diamond for being bitter.