Here's Tom Derthick warming up before the concert with the fantastic new altar of the cathedral behind him.
Just before the concert started, I was practicing the introduction to "Ave Maria" and Ionut Zanfir, the Rumanian cellist, turned to me and said, "Good approach. Very far away," and then turned away.
I wondered, is he giving an honest (but incomprehensible) opinion, or messing with my head? I decided to not think about it. Jennifer thinks he was mad that he happened to be sitting right next to the piano.
When Stan was the contractor, he stopped hiring Ionut after he failed to show up for a concert, and then was mad that he wasn't getting paid. (Ionut was late for both rehearsals for the cathedral concert.)