#14-2 Stage Fright

Weird head tapping routines, toy lobsters on stage - Part 2 of Stage Fright uncovers the strange and diverse pre-concert routines some musicians go through, and what happens if you freeze in the middle of a performance. Fight or flight, to leave the stage or not to leave the stage, that is the question. And then the taboo topic of Beta Blockers enters the conversation... Host and MCO violist Yannick Dondelinger brings to a close this double episode of frank, funny and intimate discussion with MCO musicians around the effects, the origins, and some controversial solutions to having stage fright…. For a full transcript of the episode, please visit our website. 

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When you explore the world as much as we do, you always encounter incredible people with fascinating stories to tell. Between The Bars with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra takes you behind the scenes and beyond classical music through conversations with the artists and people that we meet on our journey exploring the world.