Ringing tones of famed Philharmonic silenced by ringing cell phone

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CNN.com:



New York (CNN) -- Add a new one to the irate reactions triggered by incessant ringing of a cell phone, bringing one of the world's great symphony orchestras to a dead stop in mid-performance.

In a disastrous meeting of an old classic and new technology Tuesday night, the New York Philharmonic was performing Gustav Mahler's Ninth Symphony -- a haunting piece some say the composer wrote as he faced his own death -- when a cell phone started ringing in the audience.

Classical music fans were quick to light up Twitter and blogs later with details of what happened in the storied performance hall.

"After the last climax, the movement begins to wind down, toward that sublime last page of the score where music and silence are almost indistinguishable," former classical singer Michael Jo wrote of one moment the phone began to ring.


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Bloomberg will probably the use of cell phones in NYC now, along with salt and trans-fats.