Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic

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lisa needs braces

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May 10, 2012, 01:07:46 PM Last Edit: May 10, 2012, 01:18:15 PM by -abe-
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.)




madaboutmahler

#61
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! ;)
"Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy"
— Ludwig van Beethoven

North Star

#62
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!

;)
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Montpellier

#63
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)

Scion7

#64
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
When, a few months before his death, Rachmaninov lamented that he no longer had the "strength and fire" to compose, friends reminded him of the Symphonic Dances, so charged with fire and strength. "Yes," he admitted. "I don't know how that happened. That was probably my last flicker."

albedo

#65
May 11, 2012, 01:54:03 AM
something about the story doesn't ring true


an iPhone alarm is easy to deactivate???

Scion7

#66
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 .....

When, a few months before his death, Rachmaninov lamented that he no longer had the "strength and fire" to compose, friends reminded him of the Symphonic Dances, so charged with fire and strength. "Yes," he admitted. "I don't know how that happened. That was probably my last flicker."

Leo K.

#67
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)

Coopmv

#68
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 ...

westknife

#69
May 13, 2012, 12:51:14 PM
4 months later, and you're still talking about this? Come on, people.
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