Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end.

The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction.

I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit.

If there were no rules about when to applaud, we in the audience would have the right response almost always.

It is wonderful to see how happy all my friends in the LA Philharmonic are in their new home.

Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end.

We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud.