James Tobin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>By the way, decades ago I attended a summer concert at Lewisohn Stadium
>in New York (long gone), the program of which had promised Brahms' First
>symphony.  Just before the downbeat, the conductor turned to the audience
>and asked if we would rather hear the Shostakovich Fifth.  There was
>strong applause.  (Guess what music was on the stands?)

On an unrelated note to the RC debate:  Cute as this gesture was...  what
about the people who actually went to the concert to hear the Brahms? Those
who paid to hear what had been promised...  any angry refund demands?

Albie