Peter Phillips

The mean, bullying maestro is extinct – or should be

It’s fine for artists to lord it about but it’s another thing for conductors to do so

W H Auden (1907 - 1973), British-born American poet and essayist [Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images]
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