Bernard Haitink: It Comes My Way – Portrait Of A Conductor

Hans Haffmans, Dutch radio and television presenter, visits Bernard Haitink and his wife Patricia at his holiday residence in south-west France. Two days of intimate conversations, including studying the Mengelberg score of Das Lied Von Der Erde (The Song Of The Earth), and a relaxed stroll in the garden. Haitink and Haffmans are very close, almost like a father and son. “I am shy by nature...”, Haitink says. And after a concert: “Tomorrow it’s all over and you’re back with yourself again...” He is 90 years old at the time of the recording, but still going strong: “Maybe I can do it better next time...maybe.”