Steve Schwartz responds to me: >Ravi Narasimhan asks: > >> 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. >> >> So, applause is now required? >> >> Why would any audience put up with this kind of patronizing? > >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]> *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html