Life is a symphony

OTEPÄÄ SLIM

Just as human beings are the most advanced, if not complicated creatures on the planet (we walk, talk, think, improve on surroundings – yet wage war) the symphony is the most advanced form of musical expression.

Just think – creating a 50-minute long opus for strings, reeds, horns and percussion. That is why we have conductors, who lead such a large orchestra. To keep all not just on the same page, but the same bar. Musical, that is.

The slimster got to musing on this theme, when supine on the couch, listening to our national treasure, the CBC. They played one of his all-time favourites, Brahms’ symphony no. 1, in entirety. Took the lean one back decades, far too many to admit in number, when first this masterpiece was heard. And the story behind it.

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