Richard Adeney, long time flautist with the London Symphony Orchestra has some amusing anecdotes about Celibadache in his autobiography ('Flute')."He was a jolly young man and his concerts were full of surprises. In the intervals of his chaotic concerts, he'd drink a bottle of sea water (bought from Boots the chemist), vomit and the after the concert he always went to the nearest fish and chip shop and wolf down three portions of fish and chips". Adeney's opinion (not being in the audience) was that he was 'a truly awful conductor' but maybe he was from the point of view of an instrumentalist under his baton.