Michael Collins conducts...

[gradus]

With the BBCSO in a London performance of An American in Paris, used as a filler yesterday afternoon but well worth catching if you like the piece. It just seemed to be one of those performances where everything feels right inc a wonderfully played trumpet solo, as big and blousy as you like, it made me think of Harry James.
I hadn't realised that Mr Collins conducted this sort of large-scale symphonic stuff. More please.

[french frank]

I hadn't realised that Mr Collins conducted this sort of large-scale symphonic stuff.

No, he came to Bristol, with Isabelle van Keulen and I think probably London Winds, and conducted Weill's Concerto for violin and winds. It was an electrifying performance and I bought a CD of the work. But since then I haven't really found it that interesting. What a difference live performance can make.