Kurt Masur injured

Kurt Masur has reportedly fractured hs shoulder blade after falling off the podium during a performance in Paris:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-kurt-masur-june-20120430,0,127614.story

…and in Colorado, a conductor has collapsed and died during  performance of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor. As this is a work for organ and not for orchestra, it is unclear whether the deceased was conducting at the time.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2012/03/conductor-dies-bach-performance.html

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