Die zusammengestellte Theater-Suite und Lobgesänge gerieten zwangsläufig zur Ode an die eigene Extraklasse von Instrumentalensemble und mitgebrachten Vokalisten.
Can a concert have ever been so eagerly anticipated? In 2006 Richard Holloway, then chair of the Scottish Arts Council, went on a fact-finding visit to Venezuela to look at El Sistema, where intensive classical music tuition in schools and the formation of orchestras has developed a successful track record of transforming attitudes in desperately poor and violent communities.
