BBC abandons IPO broadcast 1 Sep 2011

[Ferretfancy]

Well, there were disturbances apparently but of course we've had such disturbances for years now in the actions of the promenade audience who think that it their right to applaud during movements of works. Of course they don't always do this when a senior more stern conductor is on the podium and a case in question were the Brahms' nights with Bernard Haitink in command.
I only wish that other conductors would ensure, somehow, that the selfish, lunatic fringe (I presume) would desist from showing their childish enthusiasm until the end of the work and then wait a second or so before clapping.

I share your dislike of thoughtless applause between movements, which usually starts in the further reaches of the hall, and not in the Arena. However, to equate this thoughtless behaviour with the demonstrations against the Israel Philharmonic that we suffered last week seems to be not only silly, but almost contemptible.For the record, I was there, and it was a deeply offensive display which at one stage lead to a fight high up in the hall which could have led to the participants falling over the edge. Please do not try to make cheap capital out of a serious and disturbing event.

[PJPJ]

This must be the first Mehta Prom where Zubin's conducting hasn't been called into question !!

I still rather like him, I must say :-)

And so do I. I don't quite understand why he is not as highly rated by the critics as he used to be.