Simon Rattle and the new London concert hall...

[MrGongGong]

Yes but I meant quite obviously the symphony orchestras rather than the ROH .

Which is a Symphony orchestra (last time I looked anyway)

[Barbirollians]

Which is a Symphony orchestra (last time I looked anyway)

Enough tedious pedantry for one evening from you MrGG for my taste - good night

[Beef Oven!]

Enough tedious pedantry for one evening from you MrGG for my taste - good night

Good night John-boy

Turn your light and computer off and put away your Elgar Cello Concerto LP

[Nick Armstrong]

[Beef Oven!]

Jim-Bob's lying

[ucanseetheend]

wow. FOR3 forum has been hijacked by troll loons.

[Beef Oven!]

wow. FOR3 forum has been hijacked by troll loons.

Voyeurism is naff.

[MrGongGong]

Enough tedious pedantry for one evening from you MrGG for my taste - good night

Which, (I guess?) means that what you are saying is

Apart from the ones that do

none of the London orchestras had a well known committed conductor from the UK

There are obviously several types on "none"

[BBMmk2]

I'm going to write to him about Robert Simpson, not because he was British but because between him, Eliot Carter and Rautavaara we've had some of the best music written RECENTLY, IMV. Rattle should give this music his attention.

We await with abaited breath!!

[Beef Oven!]

We await with abaited breath!!

Two for the price of one there, I think.

[Stanfordian]

I'm going to write to him about Robert Simpson, not because he was British but because between him, Eliot Carter and Rautavaara we've had some of the best music written RECENTLY, IMV. Rattle should give this music his attention.

Hiya Beefy,

Mark Simpson is doing OK. The BBC Philharmonic has recently announced Mark Simpson as its new Composer in Association, starting in September 2015.

[Stanfordian]

And how good would it be if he were to programme some neglected British music.

Hiya EdgeleyRob,

I'm not holding my breath. Rattle has not conducted too much British Music in Germany and what he has programmed has been largely conducted by others such as Barenboim.

[Beef Oven!]

Hiya Beefy,

Mark Simpson is doing OK. The BBC Philharmonic has recently announced Mark Simpson as its new Composer in Association, starting in September 2015.

[JFLL]

London is the capital only because the Houses of Parliament happen to be there.

They don't just happen to be there. Were they there in Roman times?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

They don't just happen to be there. Were they there in Roman times?

I thought Winchester was the ancient capital.