Pete Caleb wrote:

>Which reminds me of a concert I once attended featuring a new work by Edwin
>London.  In the middle of it, I noticed with alarm that one of the violists
>was talking at conversational level to her stand partner, as if she'd
>forgotten that this was a performance, not a rehearsal.  Then I noticed
>someone else in the orchestra doing the same.  Shocking!  What was going
>on? More and more people began putting down their instruments and talking,
>and it finally became clear that this was part of the composition, ending
>with a general hubbub.  Written by somebody who has rehearsed a few too
>many student groups, I would say.

My goodness, what will they think of next--maybe someone will write a piece
where the players get up and walk out one by one, as if they were Haydn
from something.

Bill H.