14 Oct 2005

Fidelio, Barbican Hall, London

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/d28a7602-3b86-11da-b7bc-00000e2511c8.html

beethoven_small.jpgBy Richard Fairman [Financial Times, 13 October 2005]

His 80th birthday celebrations are imminent, promising everything from a week-long festival of radio broadcasts to magazine tributes and an anniversary set of rare recordings. But will Charles Mackerras have time to sit down and enjoy any of it?