In the world of classical music, musicians traditionally say nothing and a reverend hush descends on the auditorium when the conductor taps his baton.
All that is about to change with a groundbreaking new approach by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE), whose musicians will soon be breaking their silence to speak to the crowd. The OAE plans to introduce talking on stage in a radical move towards what it hopes will become “a new, less formal concert hall culture”.
