tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post114565215155333692..comments2024-01-24T08:24:14.555-05:00Comments on My Favorite Intermissions: A unique concert experienceMaury D'annatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1150196575230735732006-06-13T06:02:00.000-05:002006-06-13T06:02:00.000-05:00I was at that concert too, and incidentally at all...I was at that concert too, and incidentally at all 4, and the same thing happened with the stragglers being let in at all the performances. It really did spoil the music, and I guess the performer's concentration.<BR/><BR/>Unruly audience members get to me too...reading (noisily) programmes all through the performance for instance. They can't be listening to the music if they are reading. I once sat next to someone (in AVH) who actually got a torch (flashlight?) out in order to see it better!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1145905663861422162006-04-24T14:07:00.000-05:002006-04-24T14:07:00.000-05:00It's pretty disgraceful that they let people in du...It's pretty disgraceful that they let people in during a concerto. They should arrive on time or wait until the end of the first piece. And if that's a problem make the first piece an overture or fanfare.<BR/><BR/>If they did that, people would make sure they arrived on time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1145761495982537792006-04-22T22:04:00.000-05:002006-04-22T22:04:00.000-05:00It's not? I thought that was a given, in the case...It's not? I thought that was a given, in the case of a violin soloist breaking a string ...<BR/><BR/>Those old biddies live in a world by themselves. I had one sitting behind me at a recent concert in NYC, first she opened three very rustle-y candies, then spent the rest of the entire first half of the concert commenting directly behind me into the back of my head about how long and blah blah blah my hair was. <BR/><BR/>My hair was not up at all, mind you, not in her way in the least, just long, loose and red, just sitting there, minding its own business. <BR/><BR/>What, like I'm deaf or something??? I really let her have it at intermission. I've never ever done that before, but I was there to hear a concert not have her open candy wrappers and bitch/admire or otherwise engage in a continuous commentary on my hair, for crying out loud.Princess Alpenrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745033267349506217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1145723388711207812006-04-22T11:29:00.000-05:002006-04-22T11:29:00.000-05:00That's amazing, he broke a string. I had always h...That's amazing, he broke a string. I had always heard the protocol in that situation was that the concertmeister would hand over his/her axe.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1145714988413531882006-04-22T09:09:00.000-05:002006-04-22T09:09:00.000-05:00I saw that same program (same cast) about...jeebus...I saw that same program (same cast) about...jeebus, 6/7 years ago? in Chicago. It was an awesome experience then--Vengerov broke a string in the Scherzo and had to go off and get his violin restrung.<BR/><BR/>And cheers to the audience for not putting up with obnoxious shit from rude people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com