As I sit and listen to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Rondo Alla Turca", I feel inspired and energized. I spent 4 years of my life playing the viola but never cared much for classical music. It always seemed so boring and the songs were WAY too long. However, now, I really do love it.
It's truly amazing to be able to hear music that was composed a few hundred years ago. It's like being in a history class or hopping in a time machine and it's so interesting when you think that you are hearing music that's now considered classical but at one point in time was cutting edge and new to the world. The notes fall on our ears and evoke the same feelings and emotions the way it did for someone fortunate enough to hear live music in the mid 1700's. Classical music tells a story. Whether it was intended to or not, I always feel that I'm listening to an epic tale being told from 1st hand experience. Each note and phrase, every crescendo is soaked with the passion and intensity of the composer; someone who poured his life into his music and was making music for the beauty of music, not for the big bucks and celebrity status.
Music is timeless. Mozart created his music with intention and passion. The classical time period didn't pop out musicians and "pop stars" a dozen a week. You couldn't take a handsome man or a pretty girl and throw them behind a piano and tell them to compose a big hit. Musicians were inspired and gifted beyond understanding.
All this being said, next time you choose (or have no choice) to listen to classical music, don't let it slowly blend into the background noise of the day, but let every note sink into your heart. Allow your self to close your eyes and drift back to a time when music wasn't just something to fill in the silence. Take a step back in time and enjoy the music that has inspired generations for centuries.
