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Originally Posted by Cherry Christmas

No doubt, why not turn down the whole thing instead of making your fellow musicians carry your ass

He did not make anyone carry him. The orchestra played a standard closing piece without one musician. That happens all the time.

Turning down the whole concert would have punished the audience and his colleagues. Stepping aside for one song was the least disruptive option.

If you think one missing cellist equals everyone else carrying him, you do not understand how orchestras work