� to make it through a Williams �
The London Symphony's Sir Thomas Beecham didn't like Ralph Vaughn Williams's monotonous "music" any better than I do.
After a Williams composition in rehearsal one day, he kept waving his baton at the silent orchestra � and asked a violinist "Why aren't you playing?"
"Maestro,
it's over!"
Feigning surprise, Sir Thomas quickly looked closely at the score and exclaimed "Yes, thank God, so it is!"
