Dutch will stage Haitink memorial concert

The newly reopened Concertgebouw has scheduled a concert on Sunday February 6 in memory of its late conductor.

Ivan Fischer will conduct Mahler’s first symphony, with a new work by Mark-Anthony Turnage, A Cortege for Bernard Haitink.

Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix will attend the concert.

Fischer says: ‘Bernard Haitink was a real conductor, in the sense that a conductor is an authority in ethical, humane and artistic fields, who is highly respected by the people around him. The music world, the Netherlands and Amsterdam should be grateful to Bernard Haitink for guiding our cultural well-being with an unmistakable sense of judgement, taste and responsibility. We will continue in his way.’