Is it really necessary to distinguish between emotion directly responding to the music itself, and emotion at the end of the process of working on that music with others?
Isn't the point that those not privately educated who might well have been amongst 'the best' are getting less and less chance to prove it?
I believe the social/regional mix is not too bad, but I tend to think that they should just take the best, whatever their background.
I don't think that there is any evidence from the Mahler/Davies performances that they've done anything else - are there any "better" players from that age group applying?
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