What music can better describe one’s feelings than classical music? When you’re feeling down, nothing soothes you more than the sweet sound of a crying violin. Your desires, your fears, your dreams, your passions, your life… it is all revealed when listening to Mozart, Beethoven, Bach or Chopin. Who hasn’t had a moment of sadness or a small tear in the corner of his eye when hearing Tchaikovsky’s Swan lake? Didn’t you feel like waltzing on the beautiful Blue Danube to Johan Strauss’ music?
In the lonely winter nights I stay awake and listen to Vivaldi - Winter so that my soul warms in such a way the coldness outside is bearable. On a magnificent morning I hear the birds twittering and they remind me of “Morning Mood” from Peer Gynt. This is what classical music does to me. It cheers me up, it makes me want to get up every morning and dance, it makes me go to bed every night and dream peaceful. Even when I’m typing my hands follow the notes. When walking it’s more like balleting. It influences my whole life. In a good way, of course.
In the end, I’ll leave you with Gioachino Rossini’s quote about Mozart: “He roused my admiration when I was young; he caused me to despair when I reached maturity; he is now the comfort of my old age.“