Klarinet Archive - Posting 000103.txt from 2005/08

From: Gary Smith <gary622@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Apllause and other interriptions at concerts
Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 22:06:34 -0400

I agree with all of you as you agree with Dan who is agreeing with my
agreement with... nevermind...

But excessive coughing, loud jewelry, cell phones, etc. are in a
different category. Those people are going to HELL, whereas the
discussion about applause is a different matter altogether. Applauders
are, rightly or wrongly, showing their appreciation for the music,
whereas idiots making noise with all their gadgets, etc. are just
clods.

At an orchestra concert last year, I sat in the clarinet section,
unemployed for the moment as the concertmaster played a beautiful
Beethoven violin sonata (I was on bass clarinet for the concert). I
start hearing a watch beeping. I'm horrified to realize that whoever
is wearing it isn't shutting it off, so we're doomed to 20 seconds of
this, and more horrified to realize it's coming from one of our bass
players, not the audience...

Coughing is a grey area. Concert season seems to line up with cold and
flu season - if you're really, really ill I agree you should stay
home, but it's sometimes hard to predict. I played in another concert
where I felt good in the first half, but after intermission - have you
ever noticed how your lungs tighten up the later the evening gets if
you're the least bit under the weather? And of course we were playing
something quiet and delicate and I was mostly sitting, and trying not
to cough. Mostly succeeded, but it was an effort.

On 8/6/05, Nightingale Nightingale <nightingale0@-----.com> wrote:
> On 8/6/05, jcblegen@-----.net> wrote:
> > > Of course, I am agreeing with myself, but Gary's point is quite

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