Virgil Moojen wrote:

>>Does anyone disagree with the appointment of Jansons as the new chief
>>conductor in Amsterdam?  And if so, who would have been a better option?

Roger Hecht:

>I have never been that impressed by him, he was not a major success in
>Pittsburgh from what I've heard, and he's had heart problems.

I actually heard him conduct the Royal Concertgebouw at the Barbican,
perhaps fifteen years ago.  And he led a fabulous Sibelius Second Symphony,
the best I'd ever heard in concert.

Scott Morrison