Len Fehskens wrote:

>Alastair observes:
>
>>On looking more into subscriptions, some of the timings are odd; I am
>>reading the three volumes of Britten's letters (edited by Donald
>>Mitchell) and noted that some 1940s subscription concerts in New York
>>were held at, say, 2pm on Friday and repeated at 8pm on Saturday.
>
>This is current practice at the Boston Symphony.
>
>>Who on earth went to the Friday ones?  I have a feeling the current
>>complaints about "no young people attend concerts" must have been as
>>nothing compared to the average age of those subscribers!

I do recall once in the 60s driving the old car I had and discovering
the brakes weren't working as well as I would have preferred when I came
to a red light just outside Symphony Hall as a rather long line of Rolls
Royces and Bentleys went by.  I barely stopped in time.  I did however;
receive a rather nasty look from 1 chauffeur.

>Actually, as an undergraduate, it was often easier to attend the
>Friday afternoon concerts than the evening concerts!

Rush seats.  How much do they cost today?  Weren't the $1.00 or something?
I think they're $8.00 today.

Tom Connor