Classical Convert

Even Vurther Vasks

Man, these Vasks jokes in the title are getting funnier by the minute second. Replacing letters with V! What will I think of next? Bad joking aside (if you can bring yourself to forget it), I have decided the following section is my favorite bit of the cello concerto. At the mo’, anyway. These things tend to change.

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Why? (I hear you cry out in delightful unison) I shall tell you. I like the contrast. I like I how within the writhing chaos there are melodies that move in and out of phase with each other. The best example: the way the brass pours together around the 27s mark. I love that crystallization of order, particularly contrasted against all the disorder. It’s analogous (in a sort of pretentious way) to the process I go through when getting to grips with every new piece of music.