IMHO it could only have been improved had the conductor calmly turned round and shot, to the beat, each member of the audience (with a silencer, of course), who decided it was appropriate to clap along.
Some say I have extreme views about this kind of thing.
(, Mon 28 Jan 2019, 19:39, Reply)
There's a special circle of hell for those who applaud mid-performance.
(, Mon 28 Jan 2019, 22:17, Reply)