Klarinet Archive - Posting 000648.txt from 1999/08
From: "angella hedrick" <angellah@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] More... Audience Distractions - A Response
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 02:39:24 -0400
i once had a conductor stop in the beginning of the saint-saens organ
symphony (after the soft beginning) at the cadence, and turn around, and
glare at a lady who's child had been gurgling and making noise the whole
time. it was, indeed, very distracting, to performer and listener alike.
she got up and left, and we started over. wow. it was tense but... it
certainly felt better the second time around-- QUIET! Stern's actions may
also have been harsh but... i agree, there is no reason for coughing (which
CAN be muffled) unwrapping candy, beepers, pagers ESPECIALLY cell phones
and more especially- little kids that cna't be quiet.
A couple or three winters ago I attended a concert with Lyn Harrel,
Ashkenazi, and Isaac Stern. It had been a bad season cold and flu-wise. But
every seat in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall was filled.
After the second or third movement of whatever they were playing, Stern
lowered his volin, looked angrily at the audience [I was in the fourth row
center and could see every line in his face] and said, "This is a piece for
violin, cello, and piano...not violin and coughing. If you can't stop,
leave the hall!"
I'm curious to hear comments. My own view was, he should have known better.
I view this as inexcusable arrogance. What do you think?
Fred S.
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