Scott Morrison wrote:

>Did anyone happen to hear Garrison Keillor, just now, on BBC Radio 3,
>in the feature called, I think, 'Having Your Say', about his wife, a
>professional violinist? He talks about the rules of conduct for an
>orchestral musician and it was both funny and right on.
>
>I think it also appeared in a recent issue of BBC Music Magazine, which
>I haven't seen.

It's an excellent article (and I'm not usually a Keillor fan; he's way
too precious for me).  You shouldn't have much trouble finding this at a
reasonably stocked classical music outlet; not sure how far afield Prarie
Village, KS, is though.  On the Mahler-List, I called this issue the
Mahler Bargain of the Year: the cover disc is a great version of Mahler 4,
coupled with some French opera arias by Roberto Alagna.  The liner notes
for the symphony are excellent, as is the accompanying article.  There's
a review of the Gielen Mahler 3, and, to bring in Anne Ozorio's (greetings
to a "fellow" M-Lister, Anne!) note about Hans Werner Henze, that composer
named Das Lied von der Erde as "music that changed me." All this for about
$9.95.

Mitch Friedfeld