The overture to My Fair Lady is a fantastic arrangement. It starts with a lovely urgent series of string hits - almost a morse code message saying "listen up", and then off it rockets into something of a rollercoaster journey through the lavish signature touches of composer Frederick Loewe. Such a shame that he's another idol I'd never get the chance to meet and congratulate (he and co-writer/co-idol/lyricist-extraodinaire Alan Lerner are no longer around).