A Tesco spokesman confirmed the Guardian analysis of post-retirement performance payouts to Leahy was accurate.
Mr. Suozzi said he hoped to reduce the staff through attrition, early retirement and performance reviews rather than by layoffs.
A statement released by Sistema England, the music charity which he chairs, said it was "saddened by the retirement from performance of the world-renowned cellist".
Mr. Suozzi recently announced his intentions to eliminate 1,200 county government jobs -- one in every eight -- through attrition, early retirement and performance reviews and, if necessary, layoffs.
In his last review before his retirement — a performance of Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time" by New York Philomusica — he praised the ensemble but also got to the heart of what makes Messiaen's mystical score so enduring.
Elton John, 58, will play Britain's sports grounds this summer, possibly forgetting that he announced his retirement from live performance in 1977.
You can infer everything you need to know about the British attitude to Johnny Hallyday from the fact that he's waited until 52 years into his career, indeed until after his official retirement from live performance, to play here.
Turner announced her retirement from live performance in 2000, but after half a century on the road she found a life of tranquil inactivity not to her liking, and in October last year embarked on an American and European tour.
He refused to return to Spain after the Spanish Civil War (1936 39) and announced his retirement from public performance in 1946 to protest worldwide recognition of the Franco regime in Spain; in 1950, however, he returned to recording and conducting, choosing spoken over silent protest.
During the second finale, a gorgeously sung sequence of ballads that includes a pensive "Before the Parade Passes By" and ends with a triumphal "People," Ms. Streisand briefly discusses her retirement from live performance but promises to keep making records and films.
