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[YouOverThere]

I guess Brahms brings out a little more passion than I realized. Two men in a high-priced seating area at the Chicago Symphony dropped the gloves during a performance of Brahms' 2nd symphony:

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It was an unusual backdrop for a fistfight: Maestro Riccardo Muti was nearly through the second movement of Brahms Symphony No. 2 at the normally staid Chicago Symphony Orchestra when two patrons went at it.

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[dirac]

Perhaps a dispute over seating arrangements???

[Birdsall]

Wonder how a young man can hit an old man! Insane! So sad people don't know how to act anymore. I have gotten an usher when someone was in my seat and didn't believe he had made a mistake. I can't imagine hitting someone! Maybe the guy is on 15 medications like so many people are nowadays!