We rehearsed until 7:15, and then went to get into concert attire.
Thibaudet's concert attire is designed by Vivienne Westwood; he first asked her to design an outfit for his appearance at the London Proms in 2002.
Mr. Groner has also promised to spice the program with "special set designs, unique concert attire for the musicians and many surprise encores."
Indeed, he arrived in New York with his formal concert attire, but without his music for the Chopin concertos.
From a certain point of view it is the height of absurdity: four classical musicians in concert attire, looking earnestly at scores on music stands and grunting like savages.
His conformity and respect for the traditional approach to carnatic vocal music is equally evident in his orthodox manner of concert attire (the panchagacham and namam).
Were it otherwise, concert attire and program notes would presumably be superfluous.
He experimented with unconventional concert attire and programmed new American music.
Both wore flowing Japanese robes, in contrast to the conductors' and players' traditional Western concert attire.
In the 1960s, he was the first classical pianist to abandon formal concert attire.