A Drop of Dvorak
Here’s what I’ve shamefully been listening to multiple times today. Kind of. It’s a “concertoized” version of Dvorak’s Slavonic Dance No. 2, which is normally for the whole orchestra but here is mainly for Violin and Cello soloists (in this case Perlman and Ma):
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJp8cRLmqb0[/YOUTUBE]
Why did I say shamefully? Well… ordinarily Dvorak is somewhat over-the-top Romantic for my musical tastes. I usually prefer 20th century stuff which skirts around with tonality a bit more. Tchaikovsky, Brahms, et. al. are all a little too lush. However, Dvorak is growing on me. I’m still sick of everyone banging on about the New World Symphony and how great it is. Perhaps I’m just being elitist and want to be special and like stuff other people have a problem with. Ah well, tough. I can enjoy my semi placebo effect even if it isn’t really real. Hah.
Perhaps it’s because the sun is finally out and I’ve been working the community gardens and doing productive things like oil-changes and spring cleaning this weekend. And barbecuing with loads of yummy beer and jerk chicken. All of this summeriness and outdoorsy stuff cheers me up and makes me actually enjoy overtly emotional stuff. Welcome to a friendlier, cuddlier Ben.
