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A Few More Thoughts on Applause: Why Can We Interrupt at the Met?

I have been having a wonderful time going to hear opera – this year at the Met, the thrill of an unforgettable Tristan and Isolde, a beautiful – and new to me – Thais by Massenet, and a deeply touching Eugene Onegin. During the Tchaikovsky I realized that the audience expectation and behavior is the complete opposite of what we are used to in the concert hall. At the end of virtually every aria, there was wild applause, which often had little to do with the actual action on stage and certainly no connection to the story line.

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Disney Hall

It is a real challenge for anything that is awaited with great anticipation to actually live up to the excitement. After the thrill of performing in the new Disney Hall, I can only say that for me, it has surpassed all my expectations. In the most exhilarating way, it inspires awe without forcing us to be reverent.

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When to Applaud

All of us love applause, and so we should – it means that the listener LIKES us! So we should welcome applause whenever it comes. And yet, we seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud. I have been trying to find out exactly when certain listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be “allowed”, or at least would be frowned upon, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit.

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Next Concerts

    March 22, 2024

    Houston Symphony

    Houston, TX

    MOZART Piano Concerto K.503

    with Juraj Valcuha, conductor

    March 23, 2024

    Houston Symphony

    Houston, TX

    MOZART Piano Concerto K.503

    with Juraj Valcuha, conductor

    March 24, 2024

    Houston Symphony

    Houston, TX

    MOZART Piano Concerto K.503

    with Juraj Valcuha, conductor

    April 5, 2024

    Modlin Center

    Richmond, VA

    recital

    April 7, 2024

    Harriman Jewell Series

    Kansas City, MO

    recital

    April 12, 2024

    Savannah Music Festival

    Savannah, GA

    recital

    April 17, 2024

    Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

    Philadelphia, PA

    recital

    April 21, 2024

    Carnegie Hall

    New York, NY

    recital

NY Philharmonic

Artist-in-Residence: Emanuel Ax 2012/13.
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Brahms: Music For 2 Pianos
Haydn: Piano Sonatas
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor
Mendelssohn: Piano Trios
Strauss: Enoch Arden

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Extract from masterclass given by Emanuel Ax on Beethoven Piano Sonatas and Variations. The student is Nicolas Van Poucke. The full masterclass is available on DVD from www.masterclassfoundation.org

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