Keeping his musicians on their toes, LSO bassoon player Rachel Gough notes that "no two performances are ever the same with Gergiev, and from the rehearsal to the concert, the differences can be absolutely enormous...therein lies the reason why we love working for him and why the audience loves coming to the concerts" (CNN, 2008).
"The eighth notes are not even, " Mr. Haas told her, emphasizing a core principle of French baroque playing in which the player gives unequal values to notes that look the same on the page.