7:16a - "The only rule was that you shouldn't be able to play the instrument you held in your hands" Portsmouth Sinfonia. http://www.portsmouthsinfonia.com/ "'The philosophy of the orchestra was that anybody could join; there was no basis of skill required.' The only rule was that you shouldn't be able to play the instrument you held in your hands. In that first performance, the raggle-taggle ensemble busked its way through the William Tell Overture under the wayward baton of John Farley, and the audience had tears of laughter streaming down their faces. The self-styled 'world's worst orchestra' was in business." [Sunday Times, 30 May 2004]
