Sir Neville Marriner, Founder Of The Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields And Conductor Of Pretty Much Everyone, Has Died At 92

“He formed the Academy with the aim of forming a top-class chamber ensemble from London’s finest players. Ironically, it was conceived as a conductor-free refuge for string-players but Marriner became, as he put it, ‘a turncoat’ – a conductor who on stage, as often as not, held a violin in one hand and a baton in the other.”