Monday, November 12, 2007

Rhapsody on a theme of Rachmaninoff

Rachmaninoff's music is incredible. My friend MKR sums it up by saying, "He's perfect". Especially in his Piano Concertos (#2 and #3 specifically) the music becomes so complexly beautiful, they evoke so many wonderful emotions and give such a sense of hope that nothing I've ever heard can compare with it. For forty minutes I experience ecstacy. And perhaps the most wonderful thing about Rachmaninoff's Piano Concertos is that I can see glimpes of the Divine Love. I suppose the thing I feel is Wonder as defined by Chesterton, "Gratitude mixed with Awe". Nothing seems impossible and eveything is beautiful during those 40 minutes. Of course I haven't heard that much, but he really is and will always be my favorite composer.

19 comments:

MK Reynolds said...

Ha! That's an awesome title.

As to the rest of the post, glad you can write so eloquently so I can just agree with your eloquence. :D

Gabriel said...

Oooo, I forgot to leave out another thing MKR said, "His music (2nd Piano Concerto) is like the music I've been waiting to listen to my whole life." =] MKR is eloquent.

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