Hey! You! Yes YOU! Have you ever walked into a concert hall and thought such questions as: “Did I dress right?” “Do I clap here?” or “How loudly should I announce myself?” Do you not know what to do when awkwardly waiting in the lobby for the concert to start? Are you unsure of how to keep your lozenges from making noise? Well, you didn’t ask, but we answered anyway! Here you will find THE best of all possible Concert Etiquette tutorials. Join DiaKCritical Presents host Tony LaBat on a satirical journey through the unspoken rules and regulations for proper behavior in classical music performance spaces.
Camille Saint-Saëns. “Tarantelle for flute, clarinet & piano in A minor, Op. 6”. The Art of the Flute. Wolfgang & Matthias Schulz, Peter Schmidl, and Madoka Inui.
John Philip Sousa. “Glory of the Yankee Navy”. Strictly Sousa, 1998. Dallas Wind Symphony & Jerry Junkin.
Gustav Mahler. “Symphony no. 9 in D Major, mvt. II: Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Länders. Etwas täppisch und sehr derb”. Mahler 9. Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker.
Ludwig van Beethoven. “String quartet no. 14 in C Sharp Minor, mvt. II: Allegro molto vivace. Beethoven: The String Quartets. Emerson String Quartet.
Gerald Finzi. “Love’s Labours Lost, incidental music, suite for small orchestra, Op. 28, mvt. V: Dance”. Finzi: Love’s Labours Lost; Let Us Garlands Bring; Two Milton Sonnets; Farewell to Arms; In Terra Pax. New Philharmonia Orchestra.
TV Tunesters/James Q. Rich & Boots Randolph. “The Benny Hill Show-Yakety Sax”. Classic Television Themes, Vol. 1.