Better than Hockey!

Stuffy? Bourgeoisie? A place where people don’t get into fistfights?

Bah, I say! BAH!

Fun stuff happens at orchestra concerts too!  Check out this article about the apparent brawl in the expensive seats during a Chicago Symphony Concert!

Just as the [Brahms Symphony no. 2]  second movement was drawing to a gentle close — with Music Director Riccardo Muti at the podium — a man in his 30s, according to police, started punching a 67-year-old man inside one of the boxes.

The actual scene in the balcony probably looked something like this.

Now, I can say publicly that I am completely against the abuse of our elders.  And obviously, this is a terrible situation. And whatever  was going on, there was no reason to start punching another person at an orchestra concert.

But I do find it interesting in light of my previous article, Public Images, that phones ringing and babies crying gets conductors to stop the show, but a fight only gets the evil eye from Muti.  Which probably looked like this.

The disruption is not appreciated.