Madam, - Anthony Hartnett (April 6th) deserves our sympathy. However, I must say that I attended the Michael Collins concert at the Aula Maxima in Cork recently and was most impressed by the rapt attention of those present during an absorbing performance of the Brahms Clarinet Quintet. The overflow and most enthusiastic audience was a joy to behold!
Mr Hartnett would have been shocked a few years ago by the behaviour of a love-making couple in the front row of an LMA violin/piano recital. The pair were highly offended when ordered to move to the back row for the second half of the concert. - Yours, etc.,
JOHN A. RUDDOCK, Association of Music Lovers, Ulverton Road, Dalkey, Co Dublin.