it go OK on my F/B profile? Beethoven’s symphonies are not only the greatest musical masterpieces of all time, but the pinnacle of all human artistic achievement. The levels of technical complexity, artistic beauty, intellectual and emotional depth contained in that music are utterly unrivalled.
A couple of years ago I saw his famous Ninth Symphony at the Proms. At the climax of ‘Ode to Joy’, thoughts of how astounding the music was and how grateful I am to be alive just to hear it filled my mind until I realised that my cheeks were wet. Naturally, the realisation that I was crying in public made me jump. My fears were quickly assuaged however upon looking around the concert hall. Almost everyone around me - men, women, young, middle-aged and old, were not simply crying, but openly weeping. It was the most profoundly moving experience of my life.
A couple of years ago I saw his famous Ninth Symphony at the Proms. At the climax of ‘Ode to Joy’, thoughts of how astounding the music was and how grateful I am to be alive just to hear it filled my mind until I realised that my cheeks were wet. Naturally, the realisation that I was crying in public made me jump. My fears were quickly assuaged however upon looking around the concert hall. Almost everyone around me - men, women, young, middle-aged and old, were not simply crying, but openly weeping. It was the most profoundly moving experience of my life.