At the launch of the Berlin Philharmonic's 2013 Baden Baden Easter Festival programme, Sir Simon Rattle was asked by a journalist whether the Festival might ever focus on British music.
"We British have every reason to be modest about our music," was the conductor's response, "Maybe in homeopathic doses".
The Badische Zeitung diplomatically write off the comment of the "maestro aus Liverpool" as "britischer Humor". Otherwise known as Big Scouse Gob.
