Music at Nova

There was a concert today at Nova Hall, Tsukuba.

About fifty amateur musicians played the following pieces with their gleaming instruments - 

• St. Paul's Suite - Gustav Holst
• Hayao Miyazaki - Animation Medley arranged by Masahiro Joya
• "Nabucodonosor" Sinfonia - Giuseppe Verdi
• "Pomp and Circumstance" March (No.1 Op.39) - Edward Elgar

What struck me was that not one of the musicians betrayed any signs of enjoying what they were doing. Not one smile or a sparkle-in-the-eye...even when they were playing the Tonari-no-Totoro animation medley!

Is there some rule that you have to wear a grim face while playing classical music?

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Links - for a rough idea of what the music sounds like...

St. Paul's Suite - Gustav Holst -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIunGiJbuUE

"Nabucodonosor" Sinfonia - Giuseppe Verdi
http://www.giuseppeverdi.it/Inglese/page.asp?IDCategoria=162&IDSezione=580&ID=19747
http://www.classicalarchives.com/work/57944.html

"Pomp and Circumstance" March (No.1 Op.39) - Edward Elgar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moL4MkJ-aLk