listen to music

I’ve done this. For the last week or two I’ve listened to music every day without doing anything else. I found that a whole CD at a time is too much, and it becomes just sitting. Just 30 minutes a day seems to be enough, or it can be split into two sections.

What have I gained? It definitely aids relaxation, and listening to music teaches me more about music.

I will carry on listening to music, though not every day.

Rodrigo

I’ve lost track on what I’ve listened to. Last night there was Tchaikovsy’s Seasons. Before that Rachmaninov.

This week so far, approximately.

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 2.
Karl Jenkins The Journey: The best of Adiemus.
Hummel Sonata Op 50 in D

Violin Concerto in D major, Op 56, transcibed for piano.

Triple Concerto: Concerto for violin, piano and cello, Op 61.

By the end of the month I will have listend to one CD’s worth of music every day for ten days, uninterrupted, undistracted, doing nothing else.

At the moment stress is frying my brain, and I don’t see how to escape and recover from it except by going on holiday for a fortnight. I exercise and meditate, but it just keeps me afloat, so I need to learn to do something else, or something different.

Music is one alternative.

I’ve realized that to listen to music, one needs convenient hardware.

Good music is good for the soul. A few hours of live jazz made me really understand that.

Later today: Carmina Burana.

Lunch hour concerts: cool, dim, still. Shiny piano, black furniture. Lights on lustrous instruments. Sweet tones.