James Kearney exercising his British wit, writes about conductors' hairstyles:

>Bubble-perm Afros: Levine, Mengelberg, Rattle - distinctive interpreters
>with a penchant for flexible tempi.
>
>Baldies: Furtwangler, Mitropoulos, Solti - electric and superintense.
>
>Combovers: Boulez, Haitink, Hogwood - cool and circumspect.
>
>Coiffed: Bernstein, Karajan, Stokowski - self-regarding "Look at me!"
>conductors.

What would you make of Knappertsbusch's Kewpie-doll spit curl?

Scott Morrison