Janos Gereben:
>The greening of the Philharmonic is amazing in sight and sound. Where
>once there was a sea of gray hair on stage, the result of Rattle's two
>years is a great makeover: Young musicians! Even younger! (A miraculous
>teenager on the double bass, and numerous twenty-somethings.) Women!
>Asians! Latin Americans!
Just for the record: the "great makeover" actually started under the
reign of Claudio Abbado. We'll see where sir Simon stands when the
honeymoon is over....
greetings, Jos