After a 65-year career, including stints with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Opera, Bernard Haitink has died aged 92 at his home in west London. The Dutch-born conductor and musical director became one of the most well regarded conductors of the 20th century after surviving the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands which saw his father sent to a concentration camp. “It is so hard to imagine that Bernard has left us: he was a constant presence and inspiration to all of his fellow musicians, and the world seems a smaller and less generous place this morning,” renowned British...