Klarinet Archive - Posting 000611.txt from 1999/08

From: "Paulette W. Gulakowski" <pollyg@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Audience Distractions - A Response
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 22:39:47 -0400

I agree with you. When I listen to our local classical radio station
(WQED - Pittsburgh, PA), my ears perk up when I hear a recording that has
some coughs etc. That usually means it's a local (Pittsburgh area)
performance, taped live. It's not as good as attending a live
performance, I know, but I listen harder knowing it's hometown.

Paulette
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On Sun, 22 Aug 1999 19:39:45 -0700 Andrew Michael Schmidt
<schmi179@-----.edu> writes:
>I would like to briefly relinquish my lurker
>status and comment, as a member of many concert
>audiences, on the recent posting or two about
>'noisy and disruptive' concert audiences. It is to
>the authors of those posts, and other same minded
>people, that this is directed.
>I recognize a musicians talent; as I strive to
>learn to play the clarinet I realize how demanding
>music can be, and though I lack the talent to be a
>'real' musician, I will continue to try. However,
>back to my point; we are all human. Humans at
>concerts have a tendency to do trivial things that
>upset others, such as an audience member who
>coughs or a musician who plays the wrong note
>(yes, I heard you). I love to listen to live
>concerts for those reasons; unlike a recorded CD
>performance, it is these disruptions and subtle
>musical nuances that makes each live performance
>unique and interesting. Besides, when one must
>cough, there is little one can do other than to
>let it out. We may not even be sick; the same dry
>air that cracks your instruments can also cause a
>cough.
>In addition, it was common, so I have read, that
>in the days in which many of these pieces were
>written, audiences were moved to express
>themselves by applauding at inopportune times, and
>this was accepted as high praise by the musicians.
>I have also read about conductors, after such
>outbursts, who would actually replay that portion
>of the piece for the audience so that all could
>enjoy it again. So I have read; I was not there in
>person to verify this, so please pardon any
>historical inaccuracies. I have also heard that it
>has only been in modern times that conductors and
>musicians have taken such spontaneous praise as an
>insult. Perhaps it is not the CD mentality of the
>audience that creates the problem, but a lack of
>appreciation, by those wonderfully talented people
>who play the music, to realize how emotional a
>well played piece may be to us common folks.
>Perhaps you should also understand that we all,
>both musicians and audience members, cough from
>time to time. Perhaps you should appreciate the
>time and effort that it takes for us to battle
>traffic after a full work day to come and listen
>to you make your magic, just as we recognize the
>time and effort that it takes you to do your job.
>Perhaps you should welcome us as we come to listen
>to you; we could stay at home to listen to the
>same CD over and over. Perhaps you should be
>grateful for a cough or two; someday you may look
>out and no one will be there to cough, applaud at
>the wrong time, or to listen to your music.
>By the way, I do not respond to flames.
>Respectfully returning to lurker status. Good day.
>
>AMS
>
>
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