tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post3405849191438403641..comments2024-02-24T00:41:37.836-08:00Comments on The Buddha Diaries: HANDELPeter Clothierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-69508729997887871802011-11-19T20:57:40.238-08:002011-11-19T20:57:40.238-08:00I fear you took me too seriously, Eva! I do go to...I fear you took me too seriously, Eva! I do go to concerts quite a lot, and am not quite so ignorant as my post suggested. There's a great deal of classical music that I love listening to. Handel, this time, caught me by surprise. It was just an incredibly boring concert--that can happen--so I decided to have a little fun with it. Thanks for writing, anyway!Peter Clothierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-56709904008723623552011-11-19T20:31:06.728-08:002011-11-19T20:31:06.728-08:00Peter, your last blog entry was a great surprise f...Peter, your last blog entry was a great surprise for me! I admire your capability working with words and totally enjoy reading your writings. <br />Now, I just wonder why would you attend an all Handel music concert? It reminds me when my husband and I took our ten year old daughter for her first time to the R. Strauss opera: Salome. After that experience of course she never wanted to hear any other opera again. My parents did the right thing with me, starting with Puccini and Verdi's operas and I became a lifelong opera lover.<br />It seems to me that you're not a concert goer and feel sorry that this was such a boring experience for you, that you may never want to hear another one again. Baroque music in general is not the right way starting understanding and enjoying music. It would be good to know how you would have reacted listening to any of Beethoven symphonies (he by the way very much admired Handel) or listen to a Schubert string quartett?<br />When I start to work in my studio the first thing I do is to put on a CD, and it is often Handel's Water or Royal Fireworks music. Of course it sinks into my subconscious, but I do concentrate better on my work.<br />Peter, - please dont give up the pleasure listening to classical music because of one mistake.Just listen to a bit lighter variety of it and I'm sure that soon you'll find new pleasures in your life.evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03529582618407767441noreply@blogger.com