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Why Rory Macdonald’s baton is in high demand

Michael Tumelty makes a case for the best Scottish conductor of his generation.

I’m going to stick my neck out here. I want to make a strong statement about the young Scottish conductor Rory Macdonald, pictured below, who recently conducted two concerts in Glasgow with the BBC SSO.

The second of those was a nightmare of a programme.

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