John G. Deacon wrote: >In the London Financial Times of April 17th Andrew Clark wrote: > >>For Barenboim, a former pupil of Furtwaengler, the artistic directorship >>of the Berlin Philharmonic would be the summit of a brilliant career. > >Some talented pupil (b.1940) to have studied with WF (d.1954)!! I believe he was present at the 1951 recording by WF of the Schumann Fourth Symphony. Not that _that_ counts as being a pupil, of course. Tony Duggan Staffordshire, United Kingdom.