Alone Together: On Cheering For Normalcy
March 17, 2020
The concert started with everyone clapping along to Offenbach’s cancan (Orpheus in the Underworld), the synchronized racket bouncing around the auditorium full of smiling faces. It ended with Ravel’s Bolero, which people either love or hate. Seeing it live is to love it. When it was over, the audience roared to its feet.
Bolero has one basic tune that r…