Deryk Barker wrote: >I have a friend who played with most of the great conductors of the >post-war era - he was in the 1950s Philharmonia (now *that*, arguabkly, >was one of the top 10 of all time) and later principal bass in the BBC SO. > >He told me that he was once playing in the pit - probably at Covent Garden >- when Ansermet leaned over and offered him a job... Whew! I heard that said about Ernst but always thought he was more discreet. John Dalmas [log in to unmask]