Great Conductors, Musical Signatures and Whizz Kids

Joanna Lumley & The Maestro

Dec 14, 202300:14:27Music

How do great conductors like Furtwängler and Haitink command an orchestra? Do some conductors have a signature sound? And how did meeting the driver of The Flying Scotsman in Woolworths almost derail Stephen's musical de...

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