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From: dberg@noscvax.UUCP (David I. Berg)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Re: Beethoven Symphony#1
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Date: Thu, 4-Apr-85 16:04:58 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr  4 16:04:58 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 6-Apr-85 02:17:28 EST
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Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
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I am reminded of a performance of Beethoven's First given two or three 
years ago by Michael Tilson Thomas at the Hollywood Bowl, where, after
the very quiet second movement, someone in the audience stood up and 
yelled in a deep reverberating voice: "If you wish to be heard, you'll
have to play louder."  M.T.T. turned to the audience, walked up to
one of the michrophones on stage, and said: "We've been practicing our
pianissimo for years and are still trying to make it softer!".  The
audience responded with resounding applause, and the symphony was 
continued as if without a break.
-- 

David I. Berg (dberg)
ARINC Research Corporation
San Diego, CA

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