bernard haitink was born in amsterdam in 1929. for himself in the concertgebouw orchestra in his native netherlands, but he also worked in london, chicago and boston, never forgetting that he was part ofa team. translation: he had enormous confidence in his musicians. i he greatly appreciated them. and that is the best and most beautiful starting point to achieve great things. applause. this was his final performance with the netherlands radio philharmonic orchestra in 2019. he had insisted on working into his 90s. for him, a life without music seemed unthinkable. the conductor bernard haitink, who's died at the age of 92. more on that and all of our stories available on the bbc�*s website. stay with us and please get in touch. we would love to hear from you. stay with us, still lots to come. hello. the weather has thrown just about everything at us over the last week or so — heavy rain, squally winds, a bit of snow over higher ground in scotland — so what does the weekend have in store? well, actually, a return to milder conditio

tributes have been paid to the renowned dutch conductor — bernard haitink — who's died at the age ofeat orchestras. the bbc�*s tim allman looks back at his life and career. he always commanded the stage. and always commanded his orchestra.— and always commanded his orchestra. , ,. , ., ., orchestra. described as one of the most _ orchestra. described as one of the most humane _ orchestra. described as one of the most humane interpreters| orchestra. described as one of i the most humane interpreters of classical music he lived and loved his craft. bringing a unique, almost irreplaceable quality every time he raised his bat on. translation: fine quality every time he raised his bat on. translation: one of the peculiarities _ his bat on. translation: one of the peculiarities i _ his bat on. translation: one of the peculiarities i always - the peculiarities i always found was that at the moment he started conducting the orchestra immediately sounded different. he often thought in the days before that we had played beautifully and then suddenly it turned out to be deeper and warmer and mor