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Three Over-the-Top Classical Music Stories 11 March 2012

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HaydnPlayingClassical music — refined, genteel, urbane, sophisticated. Sometimes. Here are three stories which bend that reputation a bit.

First, the decidedly non-genteel. At a recent performance by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, two patrons argued over a seat. It must have been a very good seat, for one of them threw punches. More precisely, one struck the other. [click to continue reading]