Maestro Haitink had an exceptionally broad repertoire. But Bruckner and Mahler had a very special positon within this repertoire. And so did Shostakovich. Do you know where this attraction to Shostakovich’s music came from? In the 1970s it was still quite unusual for “Western” conductors to conduct Shostakovich, and he was not familiar with all … Lire la suite de Bernard Haitink’s wife, Patricia Bloomfield: « He didn’t always like to hear my comments … »