Desperately trying to turn a pig's ear into a silk purse

Somebody (or bodies) has been throwing money at the Monostatos Orchestra. They have made repeated trips to Europe in the last ten years; each time, it is claimed the trip is paid for by an 'anonymous donor'. Each trip costs at least a million dollars, so these donors must have much more than that available to them. This time it is the Proms in the UK; didn't they do the same thing last year with the same caveat? How ironic. Do they think that if the Monostatos is thrown up against the wall of greatness enough times, some of it will stick? Whomever is coming up with all this money is wasting their time as well -- they should have first paid the 50 dollars, or whatever it would take, to have their name changed. They used to be called the Saltzburg Symphony; but those glorious smalltown days are over. They insisted on having a wider scope, a greater message to deliver -- so they are stuck with the inglorious tag of Monostatos -- One State. They are dragging themselves down with chains of their own making, oblivious to it all. Hilarious.