BBC Philharmonic - Vernon Handley
Biography BBC Philharmonic - Vernon Handley
Vernon George 'Tod' Handley CBE (11 November 1930 – 10 September 2008) was a British conductor, known in particular for his support of British composers. He was born of a Welsh father and an Irish mother into a musical family in Enfield, London. He acquired the nickname 'Tod' because his feet were turned in at his birth, which his father simply summarised: 'They toddle'. Handley preferred the use of the name 'Tod' throughout his life over his given names.
