"Posterity will never get to see another brilliant composer like Mozart" Joseph Haydn.
2 years back, when my knowledge of western music was hardly enough to fill a spatulla, my dad introduced me to Symphony No.25. Believe it or not, but i listened to it 7 times in 1 hour, relishing each and every instrument bit by bit and turn by turn. Mozart's music has since then been my sorrow, my joy, my rage, my jubilation and my happiness. Only then i realized that the world i had lived in so far was meaningless without true music. I became an addict of Mozart's music. I started listening to his chamber pieces first admiring the musical harmony and grandeur all along. And then i dived into his piano pieces...or rather clavichord pieces played on the Grand Piano in the modern times.
My second tryst with music came with the maestro of India Ilayarajaa. Once again when i was listening to Mozart, my dad suggested i listen to a song of the maestro titled "Poongathave Thazhtiravai". At first i scoffed at the thought of an Indian who could possibly be better than Ar Rahman. I was proven wrong. I listened to the maestro's composition with awe and immensely mesmerized. His knowledge of chamber music and Western orchestra was Astounding!! Even today after a tiring day's assignments, record works and projects, listening to the maestro's "thendral Vanthu ennai thodu" puts me at ease. If i were given 5 wishes by god, one of them would be to go back to Mozart's period and listen to his compositions. The other would be to meet the maestro in person at least once!!!!
2 years back, when my knowledge of western music was hardly enough to fill a spatulla, my dad introduced me to Symphony No.25. Believe it or not, but i listened to it 7 times in 1 hour, relishing each and every instrument bit by bit and turn by turn. Mozart's music has since then been my sorrow, my joy, my rage, my jubilation and my happiness. Only then i realized that the world i had lived in so far was meaningless without true music. I became an addict of Mozart's music. I started listening to his chamber pieces first admiring the musical harmony and grandeur all along. And then i dived into his piano pieces...or rather clavichord pieces played on the Grand Piano in the modern times.
My second tryst with music came with the maestro of India Ilayarajaa. Once again when i was listening to Mozart, my dad suggested i listen to a song of the maestro titled "Poongathave Thazhtiravai". At first i scoffed at the thought of an Indian who could possibly be better than Ar Rahman. I was proven wrong. I listened to the maestro's composition with awe and immensely mesmerized. His knowledge of chamber music and Western orchestra was Astounding!! Even today after a tiring day's assignments, record works and projects, listening to the maestro's "thendral Vanthu ennai thodu" puts me at ease. If i were given 5 wishes by god, one of them would be to go back to Mozart's period and listen to his compositions. The other would be to meet the maestro in person at least once!!!!
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