Thanks for this. Unfortunately, our (very good) symphony conductor in San Francisco, Michael Tilson Thomas, has taken it upon himself to become the village explainer with microphone in hand way too often before launching the orchestra into a piece of music. It's become seriously annoying.
I have an old painter friend who always wears earplugs when he visits museums so he doesn't have to listen to docents "explaining" the art, which makes him very irritated.
I have an old painter friend who always wears earplugs when he visits museums so he doesn't have to listen to docents "explaining" the art, which makes him very irritated.