Gill Whiting

  • Instrument

    Cello

  • Outside of BPO, what is your occupation?

    Retired


  • How long have you been a member of BPO?

    Since 1968

  • How did you come to join the orchestra?

    Invited to join by the section principal at the time.


  • Most treasured occasion with the BPO?

    Royal Albert Hall March 1984. Mahler 8, Symphony of a Thousand. 

  • Favourite composer? Least favourite composer?

    Favourite: Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky 

    Least favourite: Vaughan Williams, Hindemith