Yuja Wang Upset Her Audience In Chicago When She Mixed Up The Order Of Her Program (On Purpose)

Because of cultural tradition, each audience brings specific expectationsto a performance. Classical listeners, who are steeped in the Europeanperformance practices, have been conditioned to want to know as much aspossible about the music before a note is sounded. Jazz audiences – whohave embraced a more casual, all-American approach to listening –generally sit back and savor the sounds, recognizing standard tunes,enjoying obscure works and realizing that free-flying improvisations