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Photo: Bruce Gustafson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In 1995 (I think this was the year) at Tanglewood Music Center we got to have a couple reading sessions with Bernard Haitink when he was conducting the BSO that week. This was Mahler 1, we also did Brahms 2. I remember it being pretty cool. I count myself as very lucky that I got to even share the stage with this man, one of the greatest conductors of modern times. Rest in peace, maestro. I’m in the very back of the viola section – right near the double doors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 1995 (I think this was the year) at Tanglewood Music Center we got to have a couple reading sessions with Bernard Haitink when he was conducting the BSO that week. This was Mahler 1, we also did Brahms 2. I remember it being pretty cool. I count myself as very lucky that I got […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[299,138,2],"tags":[4099,4098],"class_list":["post-22040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conducting","category-summer-festivals","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-bernard-haitink","tag-tanglewood-music-center"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-5Ju","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7791,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/23\/hammer-blows-of-fate\/","url_meta":{"origin":22040,"position":0},"title":"hammer blows of fate","author":"Charles Noble","date":"August 23, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm working on notes for the Oregon Symphony's November 3-5, 2012 performances of Mahler's Sixth Symphony, sometimes referred to as the \"Tragic\". 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