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Threatening to resign
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Bernard Haitink: 10 facts about the great conductor
5. Threatening to resign
In the early 1980s, Haitink threatened to resign his Concertgebouw post in protest at proposed reductions to its subsidy from the Dutch government. The situation was eventually settled, and Haitink remained chief conductor until 1988.
