With the opening performances from Bayreuth this week, my attention has been diverted – tomorrow is the last Live Opening Night of this season – PARSIFAL (that controversial production from last year).  So after Friday I will be able to come back to the PROMS. 

Just now tuning into the last part of today’s Proms 18 – Prokofiev’s ROMEO AND JULIET by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra with Joshua Bell and led by the most-talked-about conductor this week = Marin Alsop.  I will be glad to listen again.   

Read this tribute to Marin and adviso to the BSO from the Santa Cruz Sentinel’s columnist Wallace Baine. 

All I can say is what has been said by many – its HIGH TIME that Marin received the post and face it, any woman who received a major orchestral post would be treated to the media spotlight.

BUT it’s time to MOVE ON… back to making music, boys! 

I am so weary of the resentful and destructive attitude of men towards a woman in a position of any kind of responsibility and authority and respect.  Believe me, its not just in the music world!  argh!