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Radio 3,2 mins
Simon Rattle: Conductors are 'pure amateurs' compared to football managers
Essential ClassicsAvailable for over a year
Simon Rattle, tongue firmly in cheek, compares his role as a music director of the London Symphony Orchestra to that of J眉rgen Klopp, manager of Liverpool FC. But while Klopp takes inspiration from his former football coach, Sir Simon looks to maestro Herbert von Karajan... Sir Simon Rattle shares his musical and cultural inspirations on Essential Classics in the week he returns to the UK as Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra. Listen every day this week and online for 30 days.
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