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Late Quartets
Every performance celebrates new life,
Since music will outlast our mortal form.
The melodies which freeze us to the spot
Will still resound for centuries to come.
Achievements mount to places up above;
Responses should be equal to this height.
Cheap adjectives will never do the job,
Mere emotion doesn't give an answer;
Shedding tears is just a modern fashion,
As is howl...
Saturday 3rd August 2024 8:33 am
String Quartets
Perhaps the closest we get to music:
Uncluttered, pure, free from excess.
Their simplicity can be deceptive;
In reality, nothing is simple.
Everything, however, is deceptive.
Maybe that’s the way it is meant to be;
We must be deceived by their deception,
Woven by passion, not by intention.
These pieces are not innocent, of course;
Beyond a lilting theme of hope and ...
Saturday 18th May 2024 8:50 am
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