robm321
Headphoneus Supremus
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This past Valentine ’s Day my girlfriend took me to the San Francisco symphony where they played a variety of different pieces from old to new Feb 14th
I’ve heard his music over the years but never really made an attempt to connect until I got the SACD of his 7th symphony SACD From the first listen I knew it was something that I would really get into. On repeated listening, I realized that I love this symphony. The problem is my limited time to listen and the fact that it is very looooong. But none-the-less I just figured it was a good symphony just never really thought that I would like much more of the composers work.
It wasn’t until I heard a live performance of his Octet that I knew I was able to connect to him and his way of thinking. The fact that this short piece went from silly to insane yet kept a serious cohesiveness to it was amazing. My girlfriend who is new to classical music liked it as well. Her 10 year old daughter was even paying full attention (that’s an accomplishment). I’ve heard parts of his other symphonies and didn’t really think much probably because I never took the time to sit and listen like I did with his 7th.
I just wanted to share this. I’m an official fan now.
I’ve heard his music over the years but never really made an attempt to connect until I got the SACD of his 7th symphony SACD From the first listen I knew it was something that I would really get into. On repeated listening, I realized that I love this symphony. The problem is my limited time to listen and the fact that it is very looooong. But none-the-less I just figured it was a good symphony just never really thought that I would like much more of the composers work.
It wasn’t until I heard a live performance of his Octet that I knew I was able to connect to him and his way of thinking. The fact that this short piece went from silly to insane yet kept a serious cohesiveness to it was amazing. My girlfriend who is new to classical music liked it as well. Her 10 year old daughter was even paying full attention (that’s an accomplishment). I’ve heard parts of his other symphonies and didn’t really think much probably because I never took the time to sit and listen like I did with his 7th.
I just wanted to share this. I’m an official fan now.