To me this just sums up the Olympic farce better than anything else

Unbelievable as it sounds the London Symphony Orchestra, arguably the best in the world, will be miming in front of a global audience of millions. I mean, why bother when a couple of CDs would have done the trick. I understand that there might be technical difficulties and there is always the unpredictable nature of the weather.

But I've just watched the Diamond Jubilee Thames River Pageant and as a part of the finale the London Philharmonic Orchestra played Land Of Hope And Glory and Rule Brittania on a barge while sailing up and down in front of the Queen. Not only that but a choir stood out on an open deck getting utterly soaked in the rain while singing along delightfully and perfectly audibly.
Surely if it can be done well on a moving exposed platform on a river, an open stadium should be a piece of piss.

What's even more tragic is that a world class conductor has been hired, at enormous expense, to waive his arms about like a windmill while conducting bugger all.
What a stupid waste of money!
But I shouldn't really be surprised as the entire Olympic games is a waste of money from beginning to end.