ALTHOUGH individual performers can cause problems for a conductor in securing the proper response to his baton, the conflict is greatly magnified when a choral group is involved. This was once exemplified by a plea from Sir Thomas Beecham at a choral rehearsal of the Messiah.
"Ladies and gentlemen, if you will make a point of singing 'All we, like sheep, have gone astray' with a little less satisfaction, we'll meet the aesthetical as well as the theological requirements."
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