My favourite piece of the 2023-2024 season is the piece Tod und Verkl\u00e4rung by Richard Strauss. It is a mystery how he makes the orchestra sound the way it does. The overtones sparkle throughout the hall. You are gripped by the story, and by the different people illustrated in the instruments.<\/p>\n
Strauss writes in such a way that you kind of want to set the tone for your colleague. You want to let others in instead of taking all the space yourself. You simply become a sympathetic musician.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Then there are very beautiful chords and towards the end I get goosebumps.<\/p>\n
The music and the time<\/h3>\n
Classical music derives from folk music and from baroque. It wasn’t stiff music at all, but swinging! Much was improvising. And chamber music was used in relaxed occasions. you partied to the music.<\/p>\n
Music gives you images, you can move between sadness and joy, or get comfort. I think there was a lot of suffering in the past among the composers. Those who wrote music sometimes had hard lives, sometimes they lived under political oppression. Imagine that Mozart died very poor…<\/p>\n
Classical music can fill you in a way that other music cannot. Much is fleeting these days. But at a concert you are present for a couple of hours. It will be a physical experience.<\/p>\n
My instrument<\/h3>\n
My violin is Italian and was built in the 19th century. I bought it in Kung\u00e4lv from a watchmaker. I was hooked on the vital timbre, the violin responded immediately. My bow is French
\nand I bought it at auction. It lifts the violin, and it is quiet when you want it to be quiet.<\/p>\nIt is the timbre that determines how good a violin is. A newly made violin sounds a bit “raw”, almost. There are myths about what they did with the varnish in the old days to get the violins so good. Maybe they had supernatural powers, those who made them. Who knows what pieces of wood they chose?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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