Conductor Led Concert Hours After Death of His Daughter
The Scotsman › September 09, 2006
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THE conductor Sir Charles Mackerras led one of the climactic concerts in the Edinburgh International Festival only hours after the death of his daughter, it has emerged.
The audience for Beethoven's 9th Symphony at the Usher Hall last week knew nothing of the tragedy that preceded the performance by Sir Charles, one of the world's greatest musicians and a longtime favourite in Edinburgh.See the full content of this document
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Conductor Led Concert Hours After Death of His Daughter
His daughter, Fiona, died of cancer last Friday, just a few hours before the late afternoon concert. She had been critically ill in a London hosp...
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