He is there in the journey but there are holes about. Doorways which threaten to let us hear the possessed, stormy composer. But not a thing of trouble or doubt happens. The symphony is an aerial show, like an electric display of goods we see but do not recognise. However it is not Elysium.
Human difficulties do appear.
The surface of this endless, softly swaying landscape threatens to give way to the Schubert we know. But he never comes. For the fire and shadows we must wait for the next four symphonies. Christmas Concert, Cairo Opera House, December 19 An outing that stood up well to the queue forming for the millennium bash party. Christmas is merely Christmas, not a confrontation of the galaxies.