Mahler vs. Marimba

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http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/12/10141114-mans-marimba-iphone-ring-stops-mahler-symphony-dead

New York Philharmonic conductor Alan Gilbert stopped the playing of Mahler's Ninth Symphony near the end of the last movement to ask a patron seated near the stage to turn off the marimba-style ringtone on his iPhone, which had repeatedly and conspicuously gone off during the orchestra's performance.

[TJDave]

Good. Maybe maestro Gilbert could do the same at the local supermarket, hardware store, restaurant, movie theater, etc.

Private phone conversations should be conducted in private. :mad:

[bigmack]

Brian Williams:
"The musicians were reportedly paid overtime for having to stay late" :confused:

How long was the phern ringin'?

Union symph rules. :10 seconds past the normal play time of said Mahler S9 will result in overtime.... :eek:

I try and work in a small space. Mahler's little writing cabin looks to have a swell vista; but a tad snug. Snug.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Mahlers_Komponierh%C3%A4uschen.jpg

[Robert Goren]

Good. Maybe maestro Gilbert could do the same at the local supermarket, hardware store, restaurant, movie theater, etc.

Private phone conversations should be conducted in private. :mad:Tell it to the bosses of the world. My old one insisted my phone was on all the time and I had better answer. The goof at the concert should have it on vibrate. I remember going to movies and sitting on the aisle seat so I could get up and go the lobby to talk. I remember on Mother's day having to forward my calls to another manager and after I was done eating having to take their calls. He even brought me a charger when I was in the hospital after gall bladder surgery. So is the life of a low level manager in the 21st century .

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A follow-up interview with the owner of the iPhone:

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/13/10150284-the-back-story-why-the-marimba-interrupted-mahlers-ninth