Steve Schwartz ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>Actually, most first-rank orchestras don't really need a conductor, just to
>play a piece. When Szell died, the Cleveland Orchestra gave a very moving
>account of the Mozart Symphony No. 40 with nothing on the podium but a
>wreath.
They were probably petrified in case he wasn't really dead...:-)
Deryk Barker
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