Taking over from Charles Mackerras at the Proms

Charles Mackerras loved the Proms and planned to conduct two this month. Tom Service speaks to the musicians now picking up his batonThe death last week of the conductor Charles Mackerras is a huge blow for music. It has also presented the Proms organisers with a delicate problem. In just a few days, they have had to find two conductors to replace Mackerras in the Proms he was scheduled to conduct.These concerts would have been Mackerras's 53rd and 54th appearances in five decades. The first,Â...

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