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Steve Schwartz responds to me:
>Ravi Narasimhan asks:
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>> According to this, [Perlman] played Messiaen in South Florida to tepid
>> applause and lectured the audience for not appreciating the piece.
>> Which he then played again.
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>> So, applause is now required?
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>> Why would any audience put up with this kind of patronizing?
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>2. Perhaps an audience that, rather than have their prejudices
>or instantaneous conclusions flattered, prefer to learn something.
>And, by the way, they paid for the privilege of walking out.
I am not sure of your meaning. I am fairly confident I would have walked
out, had I been there. The closest analogy is from my graduate school
days over 20 years ago. Nobel Laureate came to give a department seminar
with the expectations of collegiality that attach to it. He wanted 90
minutes instead of the usual 60 and got them. He proceeded to deliver
a classroom lecture in a condescending tone, stopping halfway, and
instructing people to return after a five minute break. Few of the
faculty returned, most of the students didn't, and as far as I know, he
hasn't been asked back. Southern Florida apparently doesn't get a lot
of respect from classical musicians. I recall Daniele Gatti going
medieval on an audience there a few years ago.
http://m.naplesnews.com/news/2004/Feb/13/ndn_royal_phil__039_s_concert_marked_by_conductor_/
Ravi Narasimhan <[log in to unmask]>
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