Twittering Program Notes In Real Time? D.C.'s National Symphony Will Give It A Try
Conductor Emil de Cou has prepared real-time program notes to Beethoven's Sixth [Symphony] that will be beamed to Twitterati sitting on the lawn of Wolf Trap July 30.
It's an interesting variation on a palm-held device, tried out by some orchestras a few years ago, that texted program notes as a performance was in progress. There were skeptics then, and I can imagine there will be howls and scowls from some corners about the Twitter application, but you just know this was bound to happen. And what a great thing this will be for those folks who can't go more than a minute or two without staring down at some sort of electronic device in their hands.
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