UK has new chief conductor

UK has new chief conductor

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norman lebrecht

December 19, 2019

Watch the Times Christmas card here.

Suddenly, an orchestra has become a metaphor again. For something or other.

Comments

  • Derek says:

    This makes me imagine that SD contributors are like an orchestra.

    Some blow their own trumpet, some bang their drum, some harp on and on, some blast their horn or toot their flute and there is the odd buffoon (sorry bassoon) whilst others string along.

    Meanwhile, some want to conduct proceedings or compose large works.

    Anyway, it is usually an interesting, engaging performance, we all manage to get along and somehow it works!

    Happy Christmas and a very happy New year to Norman, his helpers and all SD contributors and readers.

  • Calvin says:

    Well, someone needs to call Putin’s tune.

  • What’s his position for the new concert hall in London? It will be interisting to know

  • Malcolm James says:

    What’s the difference between a bull and an orchestra?
    With a bull the horns are at the front and the arsehole’s at the back.

  • Petros Linardos says:

    To be an effective conductor one needs a rare combination of extraordinary abilities. Great conductors can make a tremendous difference.

    Sadly, the screening process has too much room for improvement. Charlatans can go quite far, sometimes.

  • Player says:

    Thought it about time someone mentioned the election. Brexit to be delivered soon, and five years of a Conservative government. Deo Gratias! He is the Greatest Conductor of all.

  • That was the most overlong editorial cartoon I’ve seen today.

    I suppose each one of those was a devilishly clever caricature of someone but i only caught a few.

  • John Borstlap says:

    Hilarious…..

  • Tony Sanderson says:

    What do Boris Johnson and Lola Astanova have in common? Two things.

    1) Love Actually.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_UFjSI2WaI

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj-YK3JJCIU

    2) Both are friends of Donald Trump.

    Happy Christmas everyone!

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