Malmö performance of Mahler's Fifth ends in brawl

[bluesneakers]

Malmö performance of Mahler's Fifth ends in brawl

The conflict began shortly after the renowned Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons brought the bombastic introduction to the fourth movement to a shuddering halt, leading his Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra deftly into the movement's slow, atmospheric adagietto, wrote the Sydsvenskan newspaper.

At this point that the rustling on the second balcony became apparent, ruining the effect of the gently soaring strings and softly plucked harp for all sitting nearby.

After a few minutes, a young man sitting next to the woman with the chewing gum lost patience, snatched the bag from her hands and threw it to the floor.
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"When the applause broke out, the woman turned towards the man and said something," Britt Aspenlind, who was sitting two rows behind the pair, told the newspaper. "The woman gave the younger man a slap right in his face. He became angry and started fighting back."

Another witness said that the blow had been powerful enough to knock the man's glasses from his face. The woman's companion, an older man, then seized him by his shirt, and began to throw punches in his direction.

 

[Drbenway]

Shades of Le Sacre du Printemps, the Astor Place Riot, Ubu Roi, La Muette de Portici, and those sorts of things.

 

[musicaljoke]

What a shame that we no longer have the stocks. Anyone eating snacks from a paper bag, in a world class concert hall, during the Adagietto, should be pummelled with rotten tomatoes.

 

[Indy Anna]

What a shame that we no longer have the stocks. Anyone eating snacks from a paper bag, in a world class concert hall, during the Adagietto, should be pummelled with rotten tomatoes.

The man created even more of a commotion by snatching the bag and hurling it on the floor, and it did more to escalate the situation. Kind of like a dog barking in the middle of the night and the owner, or a neighbor, screaming over the barks for the dog to "SHUT UP!" lol

When I read the thread title I thought the fight had broken out in the orchestra. It reminded me of the Michael J. Fox short film at the Cannes Film Festival (IIRC) where an orchestra was playing during the intermission of a hockey game. A fight broke out in the orchestra and the hockey players were standing around, shaking their heads in disbelief.

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

Classical music concert in Sweden descends into brawl over rustling chewing gum packet

One audience member became so distracted by a woman next to him opening a new packet of gum that he grabbed it from her and threw it to the floor. In retaliation the woman, after calmly waiting more than an hour for the orchestra to finish its performance, slapped the man in the face, sparking a full on brawl between the pair.

Well, I do not condone violence, but speaking as someone who has pretty much stopped going to the cinema because of all the disturbing noise, this man is now my spirit animal!