Next Thursday is the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Sir John Barbirolli.
Let us all raise our glasses that night and, if unable to listen to the
BBC's relay of the memorial concert from the Halle Orchestra in Bridgewater
Hall, Manchester:

   Elgar: Cockaigne Overture
   Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.8
   Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1

play our favourite CD of the great man.

And if there is any doubt as to the reverence in which JB is held then note
that the soloist in the Brahms Concerto in that concert is to be Daniel
Barenboim.  Yes, you read that right:  Daniel Barenboim is playing (not
conducting) the Brahms First Concerto in Manchester in honour of his old
friend.  The conductor is Kent Nagano.

A good time for the BBC to have started web broadcasting.

Tony Duggan, England.
My developing Mahler recordings survey:
http://www.musicweb.force9.co.uk/music/Mahler/