It’s Riccardo Chailly – seen here after rehearsal with the Pope’s brother, Georg, and a very large prayer book under his arm.
The Gewandhaus Orchestra is somewhere out of shot. You can watch tonight’s concert here.
Or catch them close-up this summer at the BBC Proms.
Watching right now. Pretty good performance of Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.2 — with Swiss guards attending on-stage. Considering the venue, God forbid they should perform Mendelssohn’s 5th!
–Sixtus