The ultimate threat.......

This afternoon I went to the new Grand Hall at the University of Hong Kong to see the Emerson String Quartet play. They are "Quartet in Residence" at Stoney Brook University in the USA and are the proud recipients of 9 "Grammy's" amongst a range of honours.

Whilst we were waiting for the performance to begin, a number of messages were broadcast to the audience, when this appeared, the audience erupted in laughter, then there was much scrabbling about in bags and pockets to ensure the offending articles were off!

The performance of pieces by Hadyn, Brittain and Beethoven were without exception extraordinary and the acoustics in the hall were outstanding. Not what you might expect in a University venue. They were so good that we all heard the constant rustling from the bloke on the far end of my row, probably 30 seats away from me, who doesn't realise if you take sweets to a concert, they shouldn't have wrappers!