The ragged pieces of ideas and thoughts of my attempt to live a life as a contemporary monastic in the urban city of Singapore..
What I am listening to
This is Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 (with Bernard Haitink conducting the Concertgebouw) and Symphony No. 9 (with Bernand Haitink conducting the London Philharmonic)
The type of control the great dutch maestro Haitink has on his orchestras always reminds me of the type of restraint I should have in my own life and leadership.
Symphony No. 5 almost made me cry the first time I heard it. Shostakovich's music has this "tragedy-with-joy" element with i really like (contrasting Mahler's "tragedy-and-i-really-mean-it" type).
May Ann is listening to "Highlights from London Symphony Orchestra", a little gift I gave to her because it contains one of her favourite songs "Canon in D" by Pacobel (It was her 'mummy and daddy's wedding song). The CD contains some of the best orchestra moments I ever heard.
Beside these, I'm also listening to my wife.
posted by Hiew Hong Teck # 10:26 AM
Monday, August 22, 2005
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