1.0Classical Musichttps://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/classical-musicBryan Rippinhttps://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/classical-music/author/bryan/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="A5Cc7Wt7qG"><a href="https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/classical-music/birmingham-and-frankfur/">Birmingham and Frankfurt</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/classical-music/birmingham-and-frankfur/embed/#?secret=A5Cc7Wt7qG" width="600" height="338" title="«Birmingham and Frankfurt» — Classical Music" data-secret="A5Cc7Wt7qG" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/classical-music/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2011/05/playing-fiddle.jpg700525I have been present at two excellent concerts recently, in two European cities, with two British orchestras, and two American conductors. Birmingham’s own City Symphony Orchestra (and I have been one of it’s fans for many years) , was playing in its superb auditorium, Symphony Hall. And in Frankfurt, there on holiday, we were able to hear the splendid Philharmonia Orchestra performing in the Old Opera House, an impressive if rather dour auditorium in the centre of that amazing city. They were half way through an extraordinarily demanding continental tour. It was interesting to compare the acoustics of the two