There is a new positive evolution in the affair of the merger of both of the SWR Symphony orchestras, the one from Baden-Baden and Freiburg and the one from Stuttgart. The Ministerpräsident of Baden-Württemberg, Winfried Kretschmann, personally agreed to receive the petition team on May 2. Therefore, for the friends of the orchestra, the next four weeks are the final chance to expand the petition as much as they can. Currently around 5000 people have signed.