Live concerts have the power to delight – let’s try to forget about our phones | Martha Gill

A classical singer is to be praised for last week’s rebellion against a sea of illuminated screensIt was after the third song in Britten’s Les Illuminations that Ian Bostridge decided he’d had enough. Wheeling round to face the constellation of screen lights that dotted Birmingham’s vast Symphony Hall, the tenor called the show to a halt. Could everyone please turn off their phones? It was extremely distracting.After the performance, which was two weeks ago, Bostridge was