I don't know how to say it, but I do understand. Lame, uh? The sum of parts acceding (?) greatness ~ well, that's a wonderful thing. Like, oh dear, the Ode to Olympic Oly coulda been. I know this is going to really make people laff, but I was in the school orchestra in 3rd or 4th grade, and I felt...a wholeness. Jeez ~ I'm laughing myself. That's funny.
I read about Beethoven, and the Ninth, and the singers, and it all together, and I wanted to be there when it was first performed, and I'm a little embarrassed to say that I always listen to the Ninth all the way through, usually by myself, on now special occasions, and I cannot do this without crying. I say embarrassed because it sounds like I'm bragging about how sensitive and cool I am, but that work is... I lose adjectives. Whole. |
