The envelop of emotion
I was given the task by a friend of choosing 10 songs that greatly influenced me. I will post one song per day, for 10 consecutive days. Each song draws the picture more clearly, showing what has inspired me or just given me solace.
“Jupiter — The Planets” (Holst). Before there was Star Wars and John Williams there was Holst who wrote the themes lifted for the film. This suite of songs was about something but I could not put it into words. Listening was simply an experience. Here was music and here was emotion and it was ineffable.
I don’t have the vinyl anymore, and I could not find a copy of it online to show the cover. But it was the foray into music as an envelop around me and nothing more.
This is a performance of the piece by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with James Levine.