Despite his Eeyore image, Bernard Haitink buoyed up Covent Garden's
musicians during their darkest moments.  On the eve of conducting his
first Tristan, he talks to HUGH CANNING about bowing out of the House

   Haitink: 'Directors use these wonderful works as experiments to shock
   audiences - except they're not shocked any more'

The Sunday Times article today is worth a read and is at:

  http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/10/08/sticulcla02005.html

John G. Deacon
Home page: www.ctv.es/USERS/j.deacon