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"A minority of audience members fell into the familiar trap of applauding after the vigorous third movement of Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" Symphony, even though the symphony had one more movement to go. Instead of waiting out the applause as most conductors do, Muti took the disruption as an opportunity to deliver a calm, impromptu primer on how to be a good listener."
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Peter Dobrin has been writing about classical music and the arts for The Inquirer since 1989. He earned an undergraduate degree in performance from the University of Miami, and received a master's degree in music criticism from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.
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