James Ehnes, Tracy Dahl and William Littler on Concert Etiquette
If you're tired of turning to shush the lady behind you who is noisily unwrapping a candy; if you're unsure whether to applaud or sit on your hands because there might be another movement yet to come -- join Michael and his guests for a lively discussion of concert etiquette....
If you're tired of turning to shush the lady behind you who is noisily unwrapping a candy; if you're unsure whether to applaud or sit on your hands because there might be another movement yet to come -- join Michael and his guests for a lively discussion of concert etiquette.
Canada's premiere coloratura soprano Tracy Dahl, concert violinist James Ehnes and music critic William Littler explain the "Tweet seats", how Italian soloists have to pay the chief of the "claques", so as not to get booed when they go out to take a bow and the story of the woman in the audience who went into labour as Tracy sang.
If you'd like to hear Riccardo Muti's speech, and the entire audience singing along with the on-stage chorus in Verdi's Va Pensiero, click here.
