Rhapsodic Reflections
Every note overflowed with emotion. The entrance of the strings was cause for a theatrical closing of the eyes and a deep sigh. Then the build, the suspense, the rapture when the theme burst forth at the top of the orchestra’s range! It was like someone understood what being a(n almost) teenager was like. The heartache, the pain, the interminable yearning, the quiet longing at the end, and finally, humbly, the soft acceptance of it all. What’s interesting to me is that, d