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On Tuesday a very rare thing happened: conductor Alan Gilbert of the New York Philharmonic put down his baton and stopped the music after a patron's cell phone kept ringing in a performance of Mahler 9.
http://www.foxnews.c...ic-performance/
The story is also available in many different news outlets.
What do you think of the situation? Did Gilbert to the right thing? Should there be more measures to limit technological devices in the hall? Share your thoughts.
New York Philharmonic Performance Interrupted By Cell Phone
Started by Tokkemon, Jan 13 2012 08:16 AM
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Posted 13 January 2012 - 08:16 AM
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Posted 13 January 2012 - 10:04 AM
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What Allan Gilbert did was absolutely right. He was just demanding respect for himself, the NYPO... and Mahler!!!!!!!!
I only wish it had been the Sixth Symphony instead of the Ninth. Thus he could have used one of the hammerschlags on the cell phone and the other one(s) on its owner.
I only wish it had been the Sixth Symphony instead of the Ninth. Thus he could have used one of the hammerschlags on the cell phone and the other one(s) on its owner.
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Posted 13 January 2012 - 11:40 AM
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It irks me to no end when things like this happen in performances. I think he should have had the man thrown out....I mean seriously. You come to a freaking concert and don't turn off your phone???????
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Posted 13 January 2012 - 04:33 PM
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He should have done this:
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Posted 13 January 2012 - 09:59 PM
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SYS65: no doubt this guy deserved the 'third blow'.
"Let the composers say what they really want to say, not what anyone thinks they should be saying". Leonard Bernstein.
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El Cadejos, Op. 38 NEW! - tone poem. April 2013.
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Posted 13 January 2012 - 10:27 PM
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Oh yes, if it would have been the 6th, conductor says to percussionist, "come on man, go and use the hammer with him" haha
was in the 9th Adagio ? that's a mortal sin
was in the 9th Adagio ? that's a mortal sin
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Posted 13 January 2012 - 10:44 PM
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was in the 9th Adagio ? that's a mortal sin
Tantamouts to blasphemy in fact.
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Emma Overture, Op. 31 - Top Orchestral Composition, YC Awards 2012.
Adriana Suite, Op. 27: first two movements, Adriana's Waltz, fourth and fifth movements - Top Incidental Composition, YC Awards 2012.
String Serenade, Op. 11 - Top Chamber Composition, YC Awards 2012
Jabberwocky, Op. 28 No. 1 - Top Vocal/Choral Composition, YC Awards 2012.
Other works for piano solo: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C, Op. 23, Nocturne in G minor, Op. 18, Epigram in C (from Six Piano Pieces, Op. 3)
Other chamber works: Souvenir from Pemberley, Op. 32, Quiet Thoughts, Op. 30, Four Apologies for Cello Solo, Op. 33.
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Posted 16 January 2012 - 04:33 AM
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There's no need to get self-righteous and overreact, guys. I thought what the conductor did was a little overkill. It's a pretty trivial thing to discuss either way.
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Posted 16 January 2012 - 02:58 PM
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As usual, there's more than one side to a story. If his story can be trusted, he had put the phone in silent mode. The technology's design and user experience are at least partly to blame here (as well as the man's unfamiliarity with a new device). I mean, who would expect a device in "silent" mode to be capable of making sound?
Of course, after you learn about those kind of quirks, you realize that just being muted isn't enough. Of course, I turn mine fully off when I'm at the symphony.
Of course, after you learn about those kind of quirks, you realize that just being muted isn't enough. Of course, I turn mine fully off when I'm at the symphony.
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Posted 16 January 2012 - 04:09 PM
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As usual, there's more than one side to a story. If his story can be trusted, he had put the phone in silent mode. The technology's design and user experience are at least partly to blame here (as well as the man's unfamiliarity with a new device). I mean, who would expect a device in "silent" mode to be capable of making sound?
Of course, after you learn about those kind of quirks, you realize that just being muted isn't enough. Of course, I turn mine fully off when I'm at the symphony.
For precisely this reason, at times like this, and even when I'm in a rehearsal, I leave my phone locked in the glove compartment of my car. Something like this happened to me once: I had set my phone to silent during a service at church, and inexplicably the alarm went off. Turns out that the device was designed to override the silent setting when the alarm clock kicks in - most inconvenient in my case, but I can see why it does it. Since you never know when something like that is going to happen, whether the device itself does it for some reason, or you accidentally hit a button while it's in your pocket, or whatever, maybe it's best to just leave the phone somewhere else if you can.
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