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Title: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: bhodges on January 11, 2012, 10:14:24 AM
This is all over the news, but this account is one of the most interesting. During last night's Mahler 9th Symphony with Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic, a cell phone went off and wouldn't be silenced, so Gilbert stopped the piece:

http://mkitch.tumblr.com/post/15661821971

Incredible...

--Bruce
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Karl Henning on January 11, 2012, 10:19:05 AM
Did the phone really go on ringing for five minutes plus?
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Lethevich on January 11, 2012, 10:22:13 AM
Weird. After the first minute if I was sitting next to them I would have told them either to leave, or I would smash it.

1 min does seem a reasonable enough gratis time before a justified stamping.
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Mirror Image on January 11, 2012, 10:27:48 AM
How rude and inconsiderate. It rang for 5 minutes? In a concert hall and for a conductor to stop an orchestra because of this ringing, those 5 minutes most of felt like an eternality. I can only imagine Gilbert's frustration.
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: bhodges on January 11, 2012, 10:38:40 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 11, 2012, 10:19:05 AM
Did the phone really go on ringing for five minutes plus?

From all accounts I'm piecing together (I wasn't there), the ring did go on for much longer than a minute or two. This is the first time I've ever heard of an incident in which a phone ringing actually stopped a concert.

But bravo to Gilbert for his response, and it sounds like the rest of the audience was right there with him.

--Bruce
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Mirror Image on January 11, 2012, 10:46:59 AM
Quote from: James on January 11, 2012, 10:43:39 AM
"Whether I make them or not, there are always sounds to be heard and all of them are excellent."
     --John Cage

;D

What a nonsense quote from one of the biggest musical jokes in history.
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: madaboutmahler on January 11, 2012, 01:12:23 PM
I do not know what to say....

This person deserves to be arrested. I applaud Alan Gilbert.
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Mirror Image on January 11, 2012, 01:16:35 PM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on January 11, 2012, 01:12:23 PMThis person deserves to be arrested.

Lol...that's a bit over-the-top, but I love it! Yeah, arrest the uncouth hillbilly!
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: mahler10th on January 11, 2012, 01:18:23 PM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on January 11, 2012, 01:12:23 PM
I do not know what to say....
This person deserves to be arrested. I applaud Alan Gilbert.

Yes.  Arrested, then beaten to death with large elephant tusks.  ???
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: bhodges on January 11, 2012, 01:19:52 PM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on January 11, 2012, 01:12:23 PM
I do not know what to say....

This person deserves to be arrested. I applaud Alan Gilbert.

It does leave one almost speechless. Gilbert, however, has even shown a bit of humor about the whole thing. He's on Twitter (@GilbertConducts) and wrote today:

"Something I learned last night: there's a reason Mahler never wrote for marimba."

Quote from: Scots John on January 11, 2012, 01:18:23 PM
Yes.  Arrested, then beaten to death with large elephant tusks.  ???

Ooh, I like that idea. Very imaginative.  >:D

--Bruce
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Wanderer on January 11, 2012, 01:31:54 PM
Incredible. The culprit should be fined and have his mug shot hung in concert hall walls across the globe (he may be traveling).  $:)
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Szykneij on January 11, 2012, 02:18:33 PM
Quote from: Scots John on January 11, 2012, 01:18:23 PM
Yes.  Arrested, then beaten to death with large elephant tusks.  ???

Beating ignorant audience members with genuine large elephant tusks has been illegal since the 1950's when the use of ivory for piano keys was banned. You must now use synthetic tusks fashioned from "ivorine" or "ivorite" to pummel offending cell phone villains.

8)
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Kontrapunctus on January 11, 2012, 04:12:18 PM
Quote from: Lethevich Dmitriyevna Pettersonova on January 11, 2012, 10:22:13 AM
Weird. After the first minute if I was sitting next to them I would have told them either to leave, or I would smash it.

1 min does seem a reasonable enough gratis time before a justified stamping.

+1. I wish Gilbert had smashed it!
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: mahler10th on January 11, 2012, 04:27:06 PM
Quote from: Szykneij on January 11, 2012, 02:18:33 PM
Beating ignorant audience members with genuine large elephant tusks has been illegal since the 1950's when the use of ivory for piano keys was banned. You must now use synthetic tusks fashioned from "ivorine" or "ivorite" to pummel offending cell phone villains.
8)
:-[
Ach yes, you're right, I forgot about that.  Well...I suppose an alternative would be for ten orchestra members to pound the cell phone fanatic to death on the sidewalk with an array of golden flutes and willow violin bows.
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Szykneij on January 11, 2012, 04:52:59 PM
Quote from: Scots John on January 11, 2012, 04:27:06 PM
:-[
Ach yes, you're right, I forgot about that.  Well...I suppose an alternative would be for ten orchestra members to pound the cell phone fanatic to death on the sidewalk with an array of golden flutes and willow violin bows.

Paddle him with pernambuco !!!
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: mahler10th on January 11, 2012, 05:15:05 PM
Quote from: Szykneij on January 11, 2012, 04:52:59 PM
Paddle him with pernambuco !!!

Lets form a posse Tony!  We'll get the bastard!    :D
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: stingo on January 11, 2012, 07:29:48 PM
Quote from: Brewski on January 11, 2012, 10:14:24 AM
This is all over the news, but this account is one of the most interesting. During last night's Mahler 9th Symphony with Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic, a cell phone went off and wouldn't be silenced, so Gilbert stopped the piece:

http://mkitch.tumblr.com/post/15661821971

Incredible...

--Bruce

Aww I thought for sure you'd've been there and we'd have a GMG exclusive for the next issue of GMG World...
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: madaboutmahler on January 12, 2012, 08:09:31 AM
Quote from: Scots John on January 11, 2012, 01:18:23 PM
Yes.  Arrested, then beaten to death with large elephant tusks.  ???

and a large Mahler hammer ;D

Quote from: Brewski on January 11, 2012, 01:19:52 PM
It does leave one almost speechless. Gilbert, however, has even shown a bit of humor about the whole thing. He's on Twitter (@GilbertConducts) and wrote today:

"Something I learned last night: there's a reason Mahler never wrote for marimba."

--Bruce

haha :)

This is great for the GMG magazine by the way! I can imagine it: "Angry GMGers search for idiotic person who left their phone on in a live Mahler 9, armed with elephant tusks and Mahler hammers.". :D
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: bhodges on January 12, 2012, 08:34:27 AM
Quote from: stingo on January 11, 2012, 07:29:48 PM
Aww I thought for sure you'd've been there and we'd have a GMG exclusive for the next issue of GMG World...

:D Part of me wishes I *had* been there, just for the newsworthiness of it all. (I heard the same concert last Saturday night, blessedly cell-free.) But then, considering when the offense occurred - the final dying measures of the Ninth must be one of the worst places in classical music for this to happen - I would have been livid, having the contemplative mood completely and utterly shattered.

Quote from: madaboutmahler on January 12, 2012, 08:09:31 AM
This is great for the GMG magazine by the way! I can imagine it: "Angry GMGers search for idiotic person who left their phone on in a live Mahler 9, armed with elephant tusks and Mahler hammers.". :D

;D

--Bruce
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Lisztianwagner on January 12, 2012, 08:58:41 AM
That's outrageous, I'm speechless! >:( Mahler must be turning over in his grave. :(
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Karl Henning on January 12, 2012, 09:00:14 AM
Well, Mahler was born unto suffering . . . .
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: J.Z. Herrenberg on January 12, 2012, 09:09:04 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 12, 2012, 09:00:14 AM
Well, Mahler was born unto suffering . . . .


:D


And he did say, when still very young, he wanted to become a martyr.
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Karl Henning on January 12, 2012, 09:21:54 AM
Hold onto your dreams . . . .
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: stingo on January 12, 2012, 09:48:44 AM
The cellphonist must've had the "Mein Zeit wird kommen" alarm set to let him know his time had certainly come.
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Wanderer on January 12, 2012, 09:52:35 AM
Quote from: J. Z. Herrenberg on January 12, 2012, 09:09:04 AM

:D


And he did say, when still very young, he wanted to become a martyr.

Well, he did marry Alma.
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Szykneij on January 12, 2012, 12:20:17 PM
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on January 12, 2012, 08:58:41 AM
That's outrageous, I'm speechless! >:( Mahler must be turning over in his grave. :(

... or perhaps it was Mahler himself calling to complain that the tempo wasn't slow enough.

:)
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: bhodges on January 12, 2012, 12:37:04 PM
Quote from: Szykneij on January 12, 2012, 12:20:17 PM
... or perhaps it was Mahler himself calling to complain that the tempo wasn't slow enough.

:)

;D

Meanwhile...it's already on YouTube...you knew someone would do it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUcYqdUBvQg

--Bruce
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Lisztianwagner on January 12, 2012, 01:05:46 PM
Quote from: Szykneij on January 12, 2012, 12:20:17 PM
... or perhaps it was Mahler himself calling to complain that the tempo wasn't slow enough.

:)

Hahaha, maybe ;D
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: madaboutmahler on January 12, 2012, 01:15:48 PM
Quote from: Brewski on January 12, 2012, 12:37:04 PM
;D

Meanwhile...it's already on YouTube...you knew someone would do it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUcYqdUBvQg

--Bruce

That was painful....
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Ataraxia on January 12, 2012, 01:20:01 PM
Quote from: Brewski on January 12, 2012, 12:37:04 PM
;D

Meanwhile...it's already on YouTube...you knew someone would do it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUcYqdUBvQg

--Bruce

Fake.


"Just an example of how it could've went down..... tribute to Alan Gilbert, Mahler, and the composer of the iPhone marimba ringtone."
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: bhodges on January 12, 2012, 01:32:22 PM
Quote from: Ataraxia on January 12, 2012, 01:20:01 PM
Fake.


"Just an example of how it could've went down..... tribute to Alan Gilbert, Mahler, and the composer of the iPhone marimba ringtone."

Oh yes, definitely fake. (Sorry if I implied that the YouTube video was of the actual incident - but now I'm thinking, someone  may have recorded it... ;D)

--Bruce
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Ataraxia on January 12, 2012, 01:34:35 PM
Quote from: Brewski on January 12, 2012, 01:32:22 PM
Oh yes, definitely fake. (Sorry if I implied that the YouTube video was of the actual incident - but now I'm thinking, someone  may have recorded it... ;D)

--Bruce

Yeah! That's what I want to see.  :)
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: bhodges on January 12, 2012, 01:37:46 PM
And now, I'm logging off to go hear the NY Phil do the Bruckner 8th (with Mehta) - the first performance since Tuesday's brouhaha! I wonder if they will have changed the "turn off your phones" announcement...

--Bruce
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 12, 2012, 01:39:43 PM
This would be appropriate:  ;)

Cannibal Corpse ยป Hammer Smashed Face Lyrics
Quote
There's something inside me
It's, it's coming out
I feel like killing you
Let loose the anger, held back too long
My blood runs cold

Through my anatomy, dwells another being
Rooted in my cortex, a servant to its bidding

Brutality now becomes my appetite
Violence is now a way of life
The sledge my tool to torture
As it pounds down on your forehead

Eyes bulging from their sockets
With every swing of my mallet
I smash your fucking head in, until brains seep in
through the cracks, blood does leak
distorted beauty, catastrophe
Steaming slop, splattered all over me

Lifeless body, slouching dead lecherous abcess, where you once had a head


Avoiding the prophecy of my new found lust
You will never live again, soon your life will end
I'll see you die at my feet, eternally I smash your face
facial bones collapse as I crack your skull in half

Crushing, cranial, contents

Draining the snot, I rip out the eyes
Squeezing them in my hands nerves are incised
Peeling the flesh off the bottom of my weapon
Involuntarily pulpifying facial regions

Suffer, and then you die

Torture, pulverized

At one with my sixth sense, I feel free
To kill as I please, no one can stop me

Created to kill, the carnage continues
Violently reshaping human facial tissue

Brutality becomes my appetite
Violence is now a way of life
The sledge my tool to torture
As it pounds down on your forehead
You've been hammered!  8)
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Lethevich on January 12, 2012, 01:40:45 PM
Crushing, cranial, contents
Crushing, cranial, contents
Crushing, cranial, contents
Crushing, cranial, contents
Crushing, cranial, contents
Crushing, cranial, contents
Crushing, cranial, contents
Crushing, cranial, contents

The more you say it, the nicer it sounds :3
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: starrynight on January 12, 2012, 01:46:22 PM
Maybe he would have incorporated it into one of his symphonies, the symphony represents the whole world and all that stuff.
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Wanderer on January 13, 2012, 12:04:11 AM
Quote from: Brewski on January 12, 2012, 01:37:46 PM
And now, I'm logging off to go hear the NY Phil do the Bruckner 8th (with Mehta) - the first performance since Tuesday's brouhaha! I wonder if they will have changed the "turn off your phones" announcement...

--Bruce

Just make sure to turn off your phone. This time they'll go for blood.
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Opus106 on January 13, 2012, 12:08:34 AM
It would be apocalyptic! :o
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: eyeresist on January 16, 2012, 12:30:15 AM
Y'know, isn't this what ushers are for? I want to see the ushers properly trained for dealing with the riff raff. Tasers, etc.

Also, cell phone jamming for concert halls. I mean, unless you're Batman, just how urgent is that call likely to be?
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 16, 2012, 12:36:31 AM
People, you're thinking too small! A laser (or a few of them) in the middle of the hall on the ceiling (with access to every seat). Cell phone rings - zap! Alarm clock - zap! Coughing - zap!  :P
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Opus106 on January 16, 2012, 12:40:49 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 16, 2012, 12:36:31 AM
People, you're thinking too small! A laser (or a few of them) in the middle of the hall on the ceiling (with access to every seat). Cell phone rings - zap! Alarm clock - zap! Coughing - zap!  :P

Unless the 'zapping' is silent, someone would have to zap the laser as well. In anycase, it would make one hell of a sound-and-light show.
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 16, 2012, 01:02:08 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 16, 2012, 12:40:49 AM
Unless the 'zapping' is silent, someone would have to zap the laser as well. In anycase, it would make one hell of a sound-and-light show.
Silent - yes. And no smoke. :)
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: North Star on January 16, 2012, 01:14:19 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 16, 2012, 12:40:49 AM
Unless the 'zapping' is silent, someone would have to zap the laser as well. In anycase, it would make one hell of a sound-and-light show.

Someone's been watching too much Star Wars  :D
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Opus106 on January 16, 2012, 08:49:02 PM
Quote from: North Star on January 16, 2012, 01:14:19 PM
Someone's been watching too much Star Wars  :D

;D Truth to be told, I haven't watched even a single film from that franchise.
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: TheGSMoeller on January 17, 2012, 08:06:53 AM
Just read that the man with the cellphone was a yearly concert subscriber for many years with the NYP, and actually talked to Gilbert over the phone to apologize.

Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Karl Henning on January 17, 2012, 08:20:13 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 16, 2012, 08:49:02 PM
;D Truth to be told, I haven't watched even a single film from that franchise.

I could hug you!
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Karl Henning on January 17, 2012, 08:20:56 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on January 17, 2012, 08:06:53 AM
Just read that the man with the cellphone was a yearly concert subscriber for many years with the NYP, and actually talked to Gilbert over the phone to apologize.

Well, a good thing that Daniel wasn't there to hammer him! : )
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Ataraxia on January 17, 2012, 08:21:42 AM
Concerto for ringtone and orchestra.
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: madaboutmahler on January 17, 2012, 08:33:37 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on January 17, 2012, 08:06:53 AM
Just read that the man with the cellphone was a yearly concert subscriber for many years with the NYP, and actually talked to Gilbert over the phone to apologize.

Quote from: karlhenning on January 17, 2012, 08:20:56 AM
Well, a good thing that Daniel wasn't there to hammer him! : )

Yes.... :D
He should have known better! Must have been very embarrassing for him as well...
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: TheGSMoeller on January 17, 2012, 08:43:05 AM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on January 17, 2012, 08:33:37 AM
Must have been very embarrassing for him as well...


I'm sure it was, supposedly the audience wasn't has kind as Gilbert, some harsh things were yelled at cellphone-man from the crowd
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: madaboutmahler on January 17, 2012, 12:41:03 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on January 17, 2012, 08:43:05 AM

I'm sure it was, supposedly the audience wasn't has kind as Gilbert, some harsh things were yelled at cellphone-man from the crowd

I can imagine....
I wonder what I would have done if I were there!
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: TheGSMoeller on January 17, 2012, 07:50:53 PM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on January 17, 2012, 12:41:03 PM
I can imagine....
I wonder what I would have done if I were there!


I'm guessing, the hammer?  ;D
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: madaboutmahler on January 18, 2012, 08:29:42 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on January 17, 2012, 07:50:53 PM

I'm guessing, the hammer?  ;D

Probably! :D
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: eyeresist on January 20, 2012, 01:43:34 AM
Quote from: Soapy Molloy on January 16, 2012, 01:42:03 AMThe Barbican Centre in London has that.  There's no signal anywhere inside.  I doubt it's by design, as it was constructed in the 1970s.  More likely it's the reinforcing in all the concrete acting as a giant Faraday cage.  Place is built like a nuclear bunker.

Great, so you can hear the terrible acoustics without interruption ;)


Quote from: TheGSMoeller on January 17, 2012, 08:06:53 AMJust read that the man with the cellphone was a yearly concert subscriber for many years with the NYP, and actually talked to Gilbert over the phone to apologize.

He called Gilbert on THE SAME PHONE with which he committed his atrocity in the first place! I believe this is called irony.
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: TheGSMoeller on January 20, 2012, 04:01:11 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on January 20, 2012, 01:43:34 AM
He called Gilbert on THE SAME PHONE with which he committed his atrocity in the first place! I believe this is called irony.


He must have scheduled SIRI to call and apologize.
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: The new erato on May 09, 2012, 11:23:33 PM
Here's a good take on this incident:

http://www.stereophile.com/content/occupy-avery-fisher-hall (http://www.stereophile.com/content/occupy-avery-fisher-hall)
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: eyeresist on May 10, 2012, 01:22:22 AM
QuoteLincoln Center management contacted Patron X, whom they identified by his seat number, ostensibly to request that he power down his iPhone during future concerts. In the course of the call, X requested an opportunity to speak with Alan Gilbert directly. That request was granted.

Don't be alarmed by that apparent exercise of privilege: It turns out that Lincoln Center management offers the same opportunity anyone, regardless of income or social status who disrupts a performance in Avery Fisher Hall.

Actually, I made that up. The opposite is true: If you or I did such a thing, the best we could hope for would be an interview with Lincoln Center Security.

There are few flavours as piquant as righteous indignation (I'm enjoying some right now :D ).
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Scion7 on May 10, 2012, 07:07:52 AM
Remember the beating that "teens" Di Nero and Woods received in Once Upon a Time in America?   :D
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: lisa needs braces on May 10, 2012, 12:50:35 PM
Some audience members were heard to remark after the concert that the ringing mobile phone bit was the most musically interesting sequence of the symphony.




Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: madaboutmahler on May 10, 2012, 12:57:52 PM
Quote from: -abe- on May 10, 2012, 12:50:35 PM
Some audience members were heard to remark after the concert that the ringing mobile phone bit was the most musically interesting sequence of the symphony.

Poor them for not being able to understand some of the (IMHO) most powerfully, heavenly beautiful music ever! What were they doing there in the first place then? They don't deserve the privelage of seeing Mahler live if they are going to make such stupid remarks afterwards. Awful.

Edit: Sorry, I got a little angry there....   :-\
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: lisa needs braces on May 10, 2012, 01:07:46 PM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on May 10, 2012, 12:57:52 PM
Poor them for not being able to understand some of the (IMHO) most powerfully, heavenly beautiful music ever! What were they doing there in the first place then? They don't deserve the privelage of seeing Mahler live if they are going to make such stupid remarks afterwards. Awful.

Edit: Sorry, I got a little angry there....   :-\

Haha, no worries. I was just teasing. I find Mahler to be often sublime (a performance of the Ressurection symphony I saw last year was one of my greatest musical experiences)  but there are times I find him to be a droning bore. After not quite liking the 6th and 7th symphonies I haven't been motivated to bother with the rest (though I admire the others before those.)




Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: madaboutmahler on May 10, 2012, 01:16:19 PM
Quote from: -abe- on May 10, 2012, 01:07:46 PM
Haha, no worries. I was just teasing. I find Mahler to be often sublime (a performance of the Ressurection symphony I saw last year was one of my greatest musical experiences)  but there are times I find him to be a droning bore. After not quite liking the 6th and 7th symphonies I haven't motivated to bother with the rest (though I admire the others before that.)

Oh... right ;)

I would encourage you to listen to the rest! ;)
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: North Star on May 10, 2012, 01:19:01 PM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on May 10, 2012, 01:16:19 PM
I would encourage you to listen to the rest! ;)
TWU!

;)
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Montpellier on May 10, 2012, 01:20:39 PM
If I were not familiar with the 9th I might have thought it was part of the score.

;) 8)
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Scion7 on May 10, 2012, 10:44:48 PM
Quote from: -abe- on May 10, 2012, 01:07:46 PMAfter not quite liking the 6th and 7th symphonies I haven't been motivated to bother with the rest (though I admire the others before those.)

Does that include The Song of the Earth ??   :o
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: albedo on May 11, 2012, 01:54:03 AM
something about the story doesn't ring true


an iPhone alarm is easy to deactivate???
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Scion7 on May 11, 2012, 10:12:52 AM
Well, the man was old, and apparently wasn't even aware it was his phone ringing for some time.  I think he may have been paralyzed with embarrassment to some extent .....

Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Leo K. on May 12, 2012, 06:57:37 AM
Quote from: -abe- on May 10, 2012, 12:50:35 PM
Some audience members were heard to remark after the concert that the ringing mobile phone bit was the most musically interesting sequence of the symphony.

It seems Patron X unwittingly created a new post-conceptual piece of music, worthy of John Cage even  :-\ 8)
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: Coopmv on May 12, 2012, 06:57:37 PM
Quote from: Brewski on January 11, 2012, 10:14:24 AM
This is all over the news, but this account is one of the most interesting. During last night's Mahler 9th Symphony with Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic, a cell phone went off and wouldn't be silenced, so Gilbert stopped the piece:

http://mkitch.tumblr.com/post/15661821971

Incredible...

--Bruce

Just cannot believe people would not put their cell phones on the vibrate mode when they are in public places ...
Title: Re: Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic
Post by: westknife on May 13, 2012, 12:51:14 PM
4 months later, and you're still talking about this? Come on, people.