He loves music, he loves Mahler particularly, and he is able to conduct world-class orchestras because he is able to pay these orchestras to play for him. If you’ve got the cash, and wonderful musicians will turn up to play Mahler for you, that’s up to them. double quotation mark If anyone can buy a world-class symphony orchestra to play with for one night, why not for a week, or a month, or a season? Here’s the kicker: if anyone can buy a world-class symphony orchestra to play with for one night, why not for a week, or a month, or a season? I was lucky enough to be in Proms audience for Ryan Wigglesworth, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers’ performance of this work.