One
of the reasons why the appointment came as such a surprise, however, is that
Gilbert is comparatively little known. Even Tommasini, who had advocated
Gilbert’s appointment in the Times, calls him “an unpretentious musician with
no air of the formidable conductor about him.” As a description of the next
music director of an orchestra that has hitherto been led by musicians like
Gustav Mahler and Pierre Boulez, that seems likely to have struck at least some
Times readers as faint praise.
为什么这里要加about him呢？感觉好像多余的成分!
