Robin Mitchell-Boyask:

>In Kreizberg's favor was an ability to keep the orchestra's texture clear
>and clean through climaxes, an extremely difficult feat in the Academy's
>awful acoustics.

Against all odds, I once (40 years ago) performed (with about 60 others)
in the Academy hall.  To me, it was one of the greatest halls I've ever been
in, with a bright, glorious, ringing sound that made us much better than we
were.  Has anything happened in the meantime?

Steve Schwartz