For many years Haitink led the Sunday afternoon concerts of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in the Main Hall of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. I live very close by so I am sometimes late. This time I was once again in the nick of time. I stormed up the stairs to my balcony seat, and nearly bumped into Haitink on his way from the conductor’s room to the stairs to the stage. He slowed down and added gently to me, “I’ll wait.”
Thanks again for this, Bernard regretted.
A version of this article also appeared in NRC in the morning of October 26, 2021
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