tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post5064631203666297085..comments2024-03-29T07:54:24.161+00:00Comments on TONE DEAF: Unmusic and musicRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-68821392401764734232013-11-30T16:37:38.392+00:002013-11-30T16:37:38.392+00:00We singers always tote a bottle of water that stay...We singers always tote a bottle of water that stays under our seat or in the organ loft for the duration of the performance, and keep cough drops in our pockets. Hooch would be preferable, especially when long-winded bishops are visiting, but, well, you know...Bethhttp://www.cassandrapages.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-91118080222658244762013-11-30T12:41:27.215+00:002013-11-30T12:41:27.215+00:00Well for heaven's sake have a pop before the c...Well for heaven's sake have a pop before the concert and again during intermission, if only to relieve anxiety about sneaking a cough sweetie. You've got me feeling self conscious about resting my head on the balcony rail.mike Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-55337461122021107442013-11-30T07:02:52.896+00:002013-11-30T07:02:52.896+00:00MikeM: It's astonishing how inhibited one feel...MikeM: It's astonishing how inhibited one feels just taking out a cough sweetie and conveying it to one's mouth. I'd be worried what my neighbour would be thinking if I took out a bottle. Perhaps it would be a good idea to label it Not Hooch.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-40612370254621833332013-11-30T06:44:11.631+00:002013-11-30T06:44:11.631+00:00Not sure how I would have taken the Rach live, whe...Not sure how I would have taken the Rach live, where I tend to close my eyes and go with sound only. I did watch a very competent documentation of a dynamic and expert performance. Sol Gabetta w/ unidentified pianist. Little doubt about the virtuosity here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCTZNCF71W0 mike Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-55246336505371619242013-11-29T19:57:36.100+00:002013-11-29T19:57:36.100+00:00I hadn't considered the disruption of tripping...I hadn't considered the disruption of tripping out over the feet of 20 odd other people. A psych eval. is probably too complicated due to custody requirements,vague and over-lapping diagnoses, treatment options. Why not just carry a flask of something medicinal, something shareable in a pinch? If every 5th person did so the world might be a better place. I practically imagine this was the case in "classical" times.mike Mhttp://www.mykwerks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-15739329812257327912013-11-29T06:55:16.980+00:002013-11-29T06:55:16.980+00:00Joe: Normally coughers are an irritation. But this...Joe: Normally coughers are an irritation. But this was was a far more visceral sound, quite sickening. A couple of years ago I was visited by one of those prolonged coughing bouts that can follow a head cold and I gave up our tickets to Britten's War Requiem because I knew I couldn't guarantee to stay quiet. Felt quite smug about it. A month later I went to another concert and found to my horror I hadn't got rid of my coughing and couldn't control the bouts when they arrived. Veritably, the English disease. To have left from a seat dead centre in the stalls would have been arguably even more disruptive.<br /><br />MikeM: (1) See above. Where's the couch? (2) I used to have problems with Liszt. I hate deliberately showy music and I kept him at bay until I discovered Années de Pélérinage. My suggestion was of course a joke but the two cello pieces were so un-Lisztian, so sensuously melodic, that I felt I had to make some kind of point.<br /><br />Beth: At yet another concert, this time at Birmingham's marvellously acoustic Symphony Hall (Rattle's previous stamping ground) one poor chap did leave. In a permanent way. Feet first. The piece (something quite long I seem to remember) continued as people tried to render help. I can't decide whether this would be a good or bad way to go.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-67818351654439705802013-11-28T20:36:20.120+00:002013-11-28T20:36:20.120+00:00So awful to be the cougher, knowing it's comin...So awful to be the cougher, knowing it's coming on...but one can leave, as Joe says. Still, they seldom do.Bethhttp://www.cassandrapages.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-82802872405099413802013-11-27T01:08:19.527+00:002013-11-27T01:08:19.527+00:00Probably good that Liszt bothered with the piano.Probably good that Liszt bothered with the piano.mike Mhttp://www.mykwerks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-64519263854702834802013-11-26T20:34:46.427+00:002013-11-26T20:34:46.427+00:00Serial coughers who remain in the hall should be s...Serial coughers who remain in the hall should be subject to mandatory psychiatric evaluation. mike Mhttp://www.mykwerks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-53674971600592690162013-11-26T17:07:23.666+00:002013-11-26T17:07:23.666+00:00Although it can be maddening when someone starts c...Although it can be maddening when someone starts coughing at a concert, I can't help sympathising. (Can one cough with an accent?) I once had a fit of coughing in the compartment of a train. So I know. The tension builds and the coughing increases. Of course the cougher can leave.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.com