The culture of Europe is culture. The culture of America is business.
This year, the Vienna Philharmonic performed in Berkeley’s Zellerbach Auditorium.  Characteristic of the world’s great orchestras, the musicians and conductor were absolutely absorbed in the music—as if they, on the spot, were composing the music.
Their performance of Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 in C minor was emotionally transcendent. With the last chord, the audience burst into applause.
The conductor was visibly angry. The piece wasn’t over. He, the musicians, and the audience’s knowledgeable listeners, with 70 minutes invested in the music, needed a minute to relish that emotional experience and then come down from the transcendent final moment with God….