Classical Music

Now, I have do have a varied music taste but I have never really got classical music... until tonight that is. I don't really understand how a piece of music without words, can move you more than a song with words. I always listen to music for the lyrics primarily but with classical music there isn't any. I don't get it.

I'm amazed by how many pieces I recognised, but if anyone had asked me what they were called, I wouldn't have a clue. Like the music that is played in X Factor, you could clearly hear the pin drop when I heard that one lol.

I suppose if you include opera in there, then I am already a big fan as I LOVE Il Divo and Nessun Dorma gives me goosebumps. It's such a powerful piece of music and I don't care what anyone says, no one can sing it better than the man himself, Pavarotti. I was so lucky to see him live before he died. You could almost hear the crowd holding their breath as he reached the crescendo.

I still don't really get it though, how can classical music affect someone so deeply it moves them to tears? Maybe this is just something that I will learn in time, as I get older possibly. Don't get me wrong, I will have a good cry when I hear some music, but that is either due to the lyrics or the fact that the song is attached to a memory.

Well, I suppose I had better try to get some shut eye even though me and sleep don't seem to have the best working relationship at the moment. I do think we waste so much time sleeping though. Just think of how many hours of your life you have lost by sleeping? If there was some way my body could survive without sleep then I would be the first to sign up for the clinical trial for that one. I love stars too much and it makes me smile to think that all the people I care about, whether they are still with us or not, have looked up into the sky and seen the same stars.

"When we look up at the sky, we are trying to find the way back to ourselves. All the stars and galaxies in the universe are made of the same substance. Parts of it have lumped themselves together, some here, some there. There can be billions of light years between one galaxy and the next. But they all have the same origin. All stars and all planets belong to the same family… we too are stardust." Jostein Gaarder - Sophie's World