Skipped

It still feels great to have dropped Shostakovich from the schedule; we could so easily have been at Bass Hall forever, where no doubt the performance started at least fifteen minutes late, as seems to be the practice under Buckley. That means that, even if the expected running time is furnished, it's impossible to plan to take the bus home. There seems to be a practice under the new regime of extending any intermissions, also, beyond what should be necessary.