Mark Elder [a guest conductor for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, in a
speech on the Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall] said:
"The one aspect of the situation that really affects us here on the
platform is the enormous difficulty that so many musicians are having
at the moment in travelling by plane into this country and out of it.
He went on: "I think we would all agree that the time has come really
to put an end to this unfairness.
"Otherwise it seems to me that next year we should all look forward
to 'Concerto for Laptop Orchestra'."
Received on Sun Sep 10 2006 - 08:38:30 BST