Richard Pennycuick wrote: >At one of the Hoffnung Festivals, Walton was introduced to conduct an >excerpt from Belshazzar's Feast. Applause, anticipation, hushed audience. >Walton conducted the choir shouting the single word, "Slain!", and the >advertised excerpt was over. Which he did with a fly swatter instead of a baton. You had to be there. (I wasn't, I hasten to add.) Tony Duggan, England. Mahler recordings survey: http://www.musicweb.uk.net/Mahler/index.html