[Magdalen] Kurt Masur Dies.

[Jay Weigel]

Who was it noted "The audience strummed their catarrhs"?

On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen
>
> The famed Kapellmeister of  the Leipzig Gewarndhaus and Director of  the
>> New York Philharmonic died yesterday at 88.  He was another victim  of
>> Parkinson's.  He was a highly visible advocate of German  reunification.
>>
>
> Albert and I had season tickets for the first 5-6 years of Masur's reign
> at the NY Philharmonic.  We went to all Choral and New Music programs --
> and enjoyed them a lot.
>
> We gave up, though, when the hall started sounding like a TB ward or maybe
> a convention of people with bronchitis and smokers' cough. I remember one
> concert when he actually stopped the music because the coughing was so
> overwhelming.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>
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