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John Wilson on how he became a conductor and Elgar&#;s First Symphony
John Wilson joins the Philharmonia for an evening of music by two great British composers.
Ahead of our concert on Thursday 10 February, we spoke to him about how he started to conduct and his relationship to the First Symphony by Elgar.
What do you most enjoy about working with the Philharmonia?
It’s an orchestra I’ve been conducting for a long time.
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You build up a relationship, a rapport with the players, and we have various shorthand which makes things quicker and easier.
Of course, I was in college with half of these people so we’ve known each other for a long time!
It’s always enjoyable because they want to work, they enjoy rehearsing, and rehearsing in detail.
So it’s always a great pleasure and privilege.
Have you always known that you wanted to conduct?
It was Barbirolli who said that conductors “are born and not made”.
I know what he means by that but I’m not sure I completely agree, because I thi