How come not one European orchestra or any chamber-music group finds it necessary to warm up?

That didn't last long: by the third of the 11 movements, the orchestra had settled down and found its voice.

But Chailly and the orchestra found something else in this problematic last movement.

Visiting orchestras "will find a way of coming in when we can get the dates," he said.

What is it that these orchestras find so attractive in his work?

Pieces that, in the 60s, audiences and orchestras found so difficult, now there's no problem.

He would miss the first hours of rehearsal, but an orchestra finding its way through a new piece always a dog's dinner.

But some orchestras were finding unusual ways to be true to their tradition and involve local communities.

But because the orchestra has not yet found his successor, he agreed to lead the Frankfurt players for one more season.

An instant orchestra probably finds it easier to play fast than slow.