Music: Who Wants To Live Without It?

Music has always played an important portion of my entire life, as from the earliest age I can recall music playing in our home. Dad had also a participant who demanded needle adjustments and a whole lot of 78s. I used to see him change them every eight plays

As children, we used to provide singing recitals – particularly I’m thankful for the vulnerability that our parents gave us to songs — even if daddy was a little single-minded when, at the late 50’s my brother Kenneth, purchased home a record of a brand new rock-n-roll singer named Buddy Holly I believe daddy thought it wasn’t appropriate music and the album could not possibly be up to the same standard because of his Beethoven or Mozart records!!

He was able to have talks with Kenneth about enjoying with them ‘ radiogram. And as for your Beatles and Rolling Stones record, I needed to play with a couple of decades no remark!!

Both my two brothers were educated to play with music on the piano. For me; I was too interested to focus and it was 1962 — as my mom didn’t promote me!! attempt

Robert, my brother, proven to become an exceptionally accomplished musician — playing with the horn professionally. My brother, Kenneth, in subsequent years, could receive his beer purchased at the NAFFI pub for him, bashing tunes out once we had a session – though it meant the following day, he had a head-on parade!

Once I left home and joined the British Armed Forces, I must state my mates weren’t overly pleased about Grieg. The same problem as my father needed — distinct songs. So I needed to use earphones to listen. However, if’The Who’ arrived — today, that was a different story – we were able to get into trouble the music loudly!!

Through time, I’ve developed a passion for all sorts of music along with also my collection of vinyl recordings has grown to include Amadeus Mozart through to Led Zeppelin. If I had to select 1 piece of songs to take to that desert island it would have to be, However, I suppose:

Mozart’s Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No1 in F Minor.

My favorite recording of the outstanding item: (just one of many!)
Deutsche Grammophon 136550 SLPEM (stereo – 1968) Karl Leister, Clarinet, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Rafael Kubelik.

I got this recording whilst stationed in Germany in 1970 — because then I have got other fine records of this Concerto, but I find Karl Leister’s interpretation of this Adagio(specifically ) perfectly captures Mozart’s aim of composing the very profoundly expressive motion to get a solo instrument.

I never fail to be moved by it