The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less.
Initially we performed in halls with capacities of 1,000.
Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more.
Taste is changing, style is changing, and players abilities are changing.
There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate.
I would like new people with new ideas to come into it and change it.