Leroy Curtis quoted Jon Johanning, who wrote: >>... It is certainly true that the practice of maintaining silence between >>movements is relatively recent. One need only recall the famous concert >>in which Beethoven's Violin Concerto and (if I remember correctly) a couple >>of symphonies were premiered, and the soloist entertained between movements >>of the concerto by playing the violin upside down, etc. Leroy then replied: >I believe it was not uncommon for movements to be encored, either. I'm >sure I have read of this in contemporary reviews of Haydn's London >concerts. Don't forget Mahler, who on Oct. 23, 1904 in Amsterdam reprised his Fourth Symphony. In full. Mitch Friedfeld