Went to MM last night to see the Emerson Quartet. I was amazed that it looked virtually sold out! Wow! Maybe it was the program (Trout, Hunt). Or just the fame of the Quartet? I tend to think the former because the audience applauded after the first movement of the Hunt. A definite no-no in NYC although I actually like it when they do. Looked like Drucker did as well. (And standard concert going procedure in cities around the world.) However, the audience DIDN'T applaud in the second act after the first movement of the Trout. Don't know why! Maybe those vicious ushers got to them.
Really old audience though. :(
Great exhibit out in the lobby. Mahler's conducting score of his first symphony. Fun to flip through it. Mahler made notes on it just like the rest of us poor slobs.
Loved the concert. Great playing, of course. Duh?! I sat on stage left. Heard the Viola part and Bass part louder than I ever had and that was lovely. Although the hall stinks wherever you sit.
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