Wonderful to see the Maestro in such good form. He's been one of my favorites since I was 16, and observed him rehearsing with the Boston Unversity Tanglewood Orchestra (high school), in which he treated them with such respect, and also tried to give them as much practical know-how for the future as was possible. In Scheherezade, he showed different ways they might encounter it conducted -- and all having been a bit rushed -- they didn't even have a score for him but he had the rehearsal letters memorized! Happy Birthday! (BTW I live right near Tanglewood)
Yeah, I have done a few of these with him in the past and he's always a good interview subject. He remains a big favorite with local audiences and, of course, he lives here now. :-)
