Marin Alsop

[subcontrabass]

has a new job: https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...-orf-orchestra

[LMcD]

On BBC Radio 4 this coming Wednesday at 9.00 a.m. (repeated at 9.30 p.m.) there is a programme entitled 'Behind the Scenes: Marin Alsop'. There's also a short item about the programme on page 142 of the current issue of 'Radio Times'.

[Bryn]

On BBC Radio 4 this coming Wednesday at 9.00 a.m. (repeated at 9.30 p.m.) there is a programme entitled 'Behind the Scenes: Marin Alsop'. There's also a short item about the programme on page 142 of the current issue of 'Radio Times'.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09pm26b

[LMcD]

It's worth mentioning that the 9.30 p.m. repeat is an edited-down 30 minutes from the 45-minute a.m. broadcast.

[DracoM]

Exasperating in places: SHE is talking over herself talking over an orchestra / musicians playing / people replying to her talking.
Inserted interviews of those round her / the BSO much more interesting.

[LMcD]

Exasperating in places: SHE is talking over herself talking over an orchestra / musicians playing / people replying to her talking.
Inserted interviews of those round her / the BSO much more interesting.

Agreed! I believe that, when the orchestra was told the name of their new Principal Conductor, the announcement was met with a deafening silence. She certainly seems to have won at least some of them round.