His appetite is indeed hearty. He is prepared to hear his favourite any number of times a day. But when that song or dance has gone out of fashion, he never thinks of it again except perhaps as a curiosity. Someone mentioned Michael Jackson at my office the other day, and an entire roomful of people burst out laughing. It doesn t go out of style.
Classical music is relevant to our lives.
Like art or literature, a great work of music may be born from one person s private ideas, thoughts, and emotions, but it expresses our joys, our sorrows, and our longings in a voice that anyone can learn to understand. Tears came to his eyes. Listen to Tchaikovsky s Nutcracker or the waltz from his Eugene Onegin suite, and see if you don t feel a sudden lift of the heart or even a desire to dig those old ballet shoes out of the basement. Listen to Mozart s Flute and Harp Concerto at the end of a long day and you ll notice the tension starting to drain out of you. Great music reflects our own thoughts and feelings back to us in a new light and connects us with others who have been inspired by it.