Kester Brewin

Interesting piece on Radio 4’s arts flagship Front Row this evening, concerning etiquette at classical concerts. There has been some consternation among the classical faithful that a new breed of concert-goers are filling the seats, and they simply don’t know when to applaud.
Etiquette has it that one doesn’t at the end of movements, only at [...]

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