I like the the longer variations but this is a taste,
"Camping places fix themselves in your mind as if you had spent long periods of your life in them. You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend." Isak Dinesen
I have heard it said that this is the most complicated piece of music ever written....developing 5 separate themes and then running them altogether at the same time in counterpoint for about 30 seconds:
I don't know a darn thing about it, but I will turn to it when I have gotten enough of political and sports talk. It also helps to reduce the road rage. Very soothing, and no lyrics to distract me from my thoughts.
The biggest problem our country has is not systemic racism, it's systemic stupidity.
I listen to classical music just about every day. Lots of other stuff, too, but mostly classical. Seems like I've been gravitating more and more to Baroque era music, specifically, as the years go by. Fortunately, there's lots of it out there. Here's a short list of tunes that I'm likely to hear every now and again:
Apparently, not all the 'fire, gets its culture from sour cream, and buttermilk.
I never know if my threads are going to go over like a lead pole vaulter. .
I wouldn't say so. There is so much great classical music, it's tough to start picking. SamOlson has discovered my (and RIO7's) favorite Conductor, Andre Reiu.
For those who say they don't like classical music and have never listened to it, I ask; Have you ever seen the Disney classic "Fantasia"? It's all classical music.
Ed
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