BBC Music October 2024

Elsewhere in this issue, Alexandra Wilson looks at how, down the decades, opera productions have promoted themselves in adventurous, colourful and sometimes unlikely ways. Jeremy Pound assemvles an entire conductors' orchestra: a symphonic ensemble made up of musicians far better known for waving the baton, but who also played an instrument to a high standard. Did you know that Arturo Toscanini was a fine cellist and Mark Elder knows his way around a bassoon? These and many more fascinating conductor-instrument matches are revealed.