tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-18522405751225232962007-02-22T21:24:00.000Z2007-02-22T21:24:00.000Z2007-02-22T21:24:00.000ZAs I wrote this piece I was listening to BBC Symphony Chief Conductor Jirí Belohlávek being 'interviewed' by the BBC's Sean Rafferty on BBC Radio 3's <I>In Tune</I> programme.<BR/><BR/>The result was a laughable PR puff. Any independent interviewer given access to Belohlávek would ask the tough questions his orchestra are asking:<BR/><BR/>Why is he spending so little time with them?<BR/>Will he ever programme anything other than Czech music? <BR/>What is happening about the reported sale of the orchestra's Maida Vale home?<BR/><BR/>Not so 'pussy cat' Rafferty. Belohlávek may as well have been a visiting guest conductor. There was not a question about the prospects of the BBC Symphony. <BR/><BR/>All we got was an extended advertisement for a rare Belohlávek appearance with 'his' orchestra, a concert performance of <I>The Excursions of Mr Broucek</I>.<BR/><BR/>Which as we all know, is a story about a man who lives on the moon ...Pliablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com