[The] conductor still sitting at the piano, and turning over the leaves of his score; without a baton of course he has no influence over the band, which is under the sole command of the first violin - a process leading to constant unsteadiness in the performance of large orchestral works. In the programmes the most heterogeneous things are often huddled together, orchestral works alternating with chamber music; then again, we have the first part of Spohr's 'Last Judgment' and a miscellaneous second part by other composers. That doesn't suit a German ear; what would Spohr say to it?