I remember the pre-cellphone days...

Posted by pbarach (A) on October 5, 2016 at 16:02:27

In Reply to: Audience responce posted by ahendler on October 2, 2016 at 12:25:01:

...when the only nonmusical sounds you heard during the music in a concert hall were turned program pages, coughing, the occasional dropped program or sneeze, and (at the opera) snoring by people who went so their picture would be in the society pages (as an usher, I was asked to gently awaken the snorers).

Two weeks ago, I attended a concert at Severance Hall by the Cleveland Institute of Music orchestra (great concert!). Somebody in the balcony had a cellphone that rang like an old dial phone. LOUDLY, three or four rings. This happened three times during the quiet parts of Scheherezade.

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Topic - Audience responce - ahendler 12:25:01 10/02/16 (20)

I remember the pre-cellphone days... - pbarach 16:02:27 10/05/16 (0)

RE: Audience responce - 6bq5 09:15:55 10/05/16 (0)

It should be specified in advance - genungo 02:07:15 10/03/16 (0)

Well, FWIW, the audience clapped between movements... - Jim Treanor 17:27:43 10/02/16 (0)

RE: Audience responce - Amphissa 17:10:47 10/02/16 (0)

RE: Audience responce - srl1 16:49:28 10/02/16 (1)

It's an art. - Paul_A 19:24:55 10/02/16 (0)

Blame it on Mahler?? - hesson11 16:24:42 10/02/16 (1)

'Zactly!... - musetap 16:38:31 10/02/16 (0)

RE: Audience responce - PAR 15:02:09 10/02/16 (0)

Applause between movements should be required in HIP performances... - Paul_A 14:17:37 10/02/16 (3)

Coughing vs. applause - Kas 11:53:18 10/05/16 (0)

Exactly - In between movements, or even IN THE MIDDLE of movements - Chris from Lafayette 23:53:14 10/02/16 (0)

+1 /n - Ivan303 14:27:29 10/02/16 (0)

Phoenix is a young city, and with its current promotions... - jeffreybehr 14:14:31 10/02/16 (0)

Many conductors do something like that - rbolaw 13:42:43 10/02/16 (0)

Thanks for not posting about bit rates, streaming or DSD. nt - Travis 13:25:11 10/02/16 (2)

DSD is SO Good that - oldmkvi 13:47:20 10/02/16 (1)

Yes, and the unwelcome applause has so much more air and bloom. : ) - jdaniel@jps.net 13:52:33 10/02/16 (0)

RE: Audience responce - Ivan303 13:18:57 10/02/16 (0)

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