I wonder if it requires an open-mind from the new beginner?
My very first piece of classical music I listened to was a friend of mine’s LP of Erich Kleiber with the Concertgebouw and Beethoven’s 5th on Side A and Mozart’s 40th on Side B.
I was 18 years old.
It didn’t make any impression at all.
But somehow, I don’t know why, I thought, let’s give it a try, so I listened to LvB’s 5th again, and again, and one glorious summer Saturday afternoon, the might of one of the greatest geniuses hit me like a thunderbolt.
He hasn’t left me alone since.
I persevered.
I wonder if people “new” to our music, give up after the first hearing.
Mario
My very first piece of classical music I listened to was a friend of mine’s LP of Erich Kleiber with the Concertgebouw and Beethoven’s 5th on Side A and Mozart’s 40th on Side B.
I was 18 years old.
It didn’t make any impression at all.
But somehow, I don’t know why, I thought, let’s give it a try, so I listened to LvB’s 5th again, and again, and one glorious summer Saturday afternoon, the might of one of the greatest geniuses hit me like a thunderbolt.
He hasn’t left me alone since.
I persevered.
I wonder if people “new” to our music, give up after the first hearing.
Mario
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