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Man's marimba iPhone ring stops Mahler symphony dead
MSNBC ^ | 1-12-12

Posted on 01/13/2012 2:20:09 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Concertgoers at the New York Philharmonic Tuesday night did not have to be musicologists to work out that the marimba was not part of the famous work.

Conductor Alan Gilbert halted the performance of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony when the offending iPhone ringtone sounded -- and persisted.

Just minutes from the end of the hour and a half-long piece, Gilbert turned to the phone's owner, seated close to the front of Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall in New York City, according to an eyewitness account published by "Superconductor" blogger Paul Pelkonen.

“The symphony ends incredibly quietly so there was literally no way that we could go on, Gilbert told NBC News. "So I stopped the music and I asked the general vicinity where the sound was coming from ‘please turn off your cellphone.’ And I had to ask several times..."

In the ensuing pause, some in the audience reportedly called for blood, shouting: "Kick him out!" and "$1,000 fine!" the witness recounted.

Gilbert quietly employed shame until the offender -- described as an elderly man by another blogger -- confirmed that the phone was off.

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To: USMCPOP

Lol. That song makes me laugh every time....


21 posted on 01/13/2012 3:09:54 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

You might be a redneck if......your Dukes of Hazard ringtone goes off during the finale of Mahler’s Ninth.


22 posted on 01/13/2012 3:10:14 PM PST by Leroy S. Mort
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To: Ken H
That guy will have to go into Haydn. (HA!)

Because the pressure will be too much to Handel.

Should we contact the ping Lizst?

Cheers!

23 posted on 01/13/2012 3:15:42 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Brookhaven
Several states are moving to outlaw to listening to classical music as you drive. The number of accidents caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel has become almost epidemic.

Well you sure made that one up out of the whole cloth. What, are you testing the asininity level of brazen lying that shills can get away with? Is this some sort of psyops calibration routine? Or are you just a cynical, flaming jerk?

24 posted on 01/13/2012 3:26:44 PM PST by Talisker (Apology accepted, Captain Needa.)
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To: Ken H

LOL!


25 posted on 01/13/2012 3:29:41 PM PST by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
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To: Flycatcher

Bad, but lol...


26 posted on 01/13/2012 3:30:57 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: Borges

Egregious is right.


27 posted on 01/13/2012 3:37:57 PM PST by randita
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To: Daveinyork
They ask people to silence their cell phones prior to a seminar session, movie, religious service, concert, or whatever, and still, the inconsiderate jerks leave them on.

A friend told me recently about how the preacher in his church exhorted everyone to please turn off their cell phones during church, going into some heated detail about it, and then proceeded into his sermon.

About ten minutes into it, a cell phone went off ... and to the preacher's chagrin, it was his own phone! Without losing a beat, he ranted: "That better be God callin'!"

The whole congregation practically fell on the floor laughing.

28 posted on 01/13/2012 3:38:07 PM PST by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Identified: the man whose phone went off during Mahler’s Ninth
29 posted on 01/13/2012 3:41:35 PM PST by the anti-liberal
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To: the anti-liberal

Interesting. Sounds like he turned off the phone like he was supposed to, but didn’t know there was a pre-set alarm...


30 posted on 01/13/2012 3:45:37 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
He should be shot..... with an arrow.


31 posted on 01/13/2012 3:56:45 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> - - -)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

I don’t know. If I had to listen to Mahler’s 9th, a Marimba ringtone would be a welcome distraction.


32 posted on 01/13/2012 4:03:16 PM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
And assumed it was someone else's because his was turned off. From my reading of this story at various places it looks like most iphone owners are unaware themselves that the alarms on them will turn the phone on and sound the alarm.

This means this could and can happen to anyone.

Poor fellow.

33 posted on 01/13/2012 4:14:11 PM PST by the anti-liberal
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To: Brookhaven

It is a thoughtful form of music and one needs to focus and have quiet to hear it in.

I have never heard classical music in a loud, crowded bar, and I don’t think it would work well there, I like listening to classical when I drive cross country.


34 posted on 01/13/2012 4:18:09 PM PST by ansel12 (Romney is unquestionably the weakest party front-runner in contemporary political history.)
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To: Ken H

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/heyho.wav


35 posted on 01/13/2012 5:17:50 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: the anti-liberal

Yep. And he likely feels rotten.


36 posted on 01/13/2012 6:34:28 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: Ken H
That guy will have to go into Haydn. (HA!)

Maybe not if his iPhone gets baroque

37 posted on 01/13/2012 8:05:11 PM PST by Ophiucus
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To: JustSayNoToNannies
After the furor dies down he'll be Bach.

By then, he might be able to Handel it.

38 posted on 01/13/2012 8:09:43 PM PST by Ophiucus
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To: Brookhaven
Here's some profound "music" of your kind!
39 posted on 01/13/2012 8:13:22 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: JustSayNoToNannies

Oh, Schumann!


40 posted on 01/13/2012 8:14:48 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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