A Viennese Trip
If you had taken LSD and suddenly realized your trip was heading seriously south, what music would you put on the stereo to restore your emotional equilibrium and silence your demons?
Erik Tarloff answers, in this highly interesting discussion on the similarities and differences between Hadyn and Mozart.
Incidently, the Better Third and I scored a pair of tix for the Calgary Philharmonic’s presentation of “The Brilliance of Mozart and Hadyn” this Thursday evening. Having never experienced a live orchestra before, I’m at once excited and apprehensive: Excited because I do have a slight appreciation for classical music and would like develop it further; apprehensive because I am afraid I’ll fall asleep.
Red Bull will be consumed, be sure about that.
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If you never learn the language of classical music it is hard to understand. Music is a langugage all of its own. I was lucky, I had a Grandparents who could speak it, so they taught me.
I’ll be most interested in what you thought.
I do have a discening ear when it comes to music, and I did study piano as a kid, but this will be an altogether new experience for me.
Stay tuned for my reaction.
You won’t have to worry about falling asleep!
Clem
Unless you didn’t get a very good sleep because some crazy woman who irons late at night decided to call you for a chat…
But I think you will enjoy it, and not need Red Bull. Just listen to the individual instruments, and the give and take between them. And who better to hear on your first time than Mozart and Haydn!
I’m falling asleep already.
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