A glowing profile in the New York Times failed to mention Sir Antonio Pappano’s less than happy encounters with orchestras in the US, where he spent his teenage years. Something, somehow, didn’t click.
English music, on the other hand, is in his blood.
Watch him Bax it with the LSO.
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