Denis writes, >Janssons will at the same time be in charge of the Bavarian Radio >Symphony, which resembles the Concertgebouw in that its home audience >tends to the conservative side. Janssons would seem to be the best >available candidate in that sense. Denis, where did you get the idea that we are a conservative audience? Take a peep at www.concertgebouw.nl throught the annual program; it is anything but conservative. I think Janssons has three big plusses: he has a good relation with the orchestra, he knwos how to preserve an orchestra and make them better (a distinction I never felt able to attach to Tilson Thomas and Thielemann) and he has a big international name. Unfortunately, with the record market being up the scratch these days; the orchestra will probably be forced to make its own cd's in future like the lso as Janssons is not a big selling name. regards, Jos