He wanted to run an idea by me. It was at its earliest stage and, as I discovered only last week at our umpteenth meeting, had only been cooking in his mind for about six weeks. It was, it seemed to me at the time, at best idealistic, and at worst hopelessly unrealistic. But there was something in his manner – he is extremely laid-back and undemonstrative – that sparked an instinct which led me, following our first interview, to write a feature on his proposal, which we published on a Wednesday arts page in mid-December.
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Quiet hero Andy deserves the applause
It's exactly six months since I was contacted out of the blue by Andy Saunders, a freelance French horn player whom I had not met, though he was a familiar face from his appearances with the SCO and the other Scottish orchestras.
