The headline reads ‘A run-of-the-mill Proms is just what we need’. The Telegraph commentary is by Michael White.

Probably won’t make many people exercise their click finger.

Someone mentioned that a violinist I was chatting to at dinner was a Yotube sensation with her 2011 recording of the Tchaikovsky concerto, conducted by Yuri Temirkanov.

Sure enough, Sayaka Shoji has racked up almost six million views for a performance that is intense, individual, exceptional in every desirable way (though I suspect she’d rather be playing the Ligeti).

So why isn’t Sayaka getting the big limelight dates in London and New York?

Thrills and spills (mostly spills) of the music business.

See what you think.

Our copains at resumusica report that Philippe Jordan has renewed at the Opéra until 2021. That’s a relief, given that Paavo Järvi is leaving the Orchestre de Paris and the future of the two radio orchestras is in doubt.

Like Antonio Pappano in London, Philippe seems bedded in for the long term.

Leo McFall, London born, is winner of the 2015  Deutsche Dirigentenpreis, the kickoff of several good careers.

Leo had been one of two runners-up at the 2014 Nestle Salzburg competition.

He is presently first Kapellmeister at Meiningen and assistant conductor at the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra.

Go, Leo!