Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings, op.11
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Listening
to Barber's Adagio for Strings.
My idea of heaven.
Of course,
imagining that if I die
and Heaven is an infinity
of listening to Adagio for Strings,
it really would be heaven
for about the first three days or so.
Then it would be hell for about a month.
Then I would notice
something fascinating
about one of the voices,
and be in heaven for awhile
listening to that voice.
Then I'd be that voice
for about 100 years,
perfecting the execution.
That'd be heaven sometimes,
when it went well,
and hell sometimes, when it didn't.
And I'd start focusing
on a particular phrase
for a millennium or two,
and settle on a note.
Getting that note perfect
would take about a million years.
The rest of infinity
I would be perfectly happy
focusing on
one of the silences
between two of the notes,
gradually becoming
that one space of
infinite silence.
Listen
for that eighth-note rest
next time you listen
to this piece.
I've got it reserved.
to Barber's Adagio for Strings.
My idea of heaven.
Of course,
imagining that if I die
and Heaven is an infinity
of listening to Adagio for Strings,
it really would be heaven
for about the first three days or so.
Then it would be hell for about a month.
Then I would notice
something fascinating
about one of the voices,
and be in heaven for awhile
listening to that voice.
Then I'd be that voice
for about 100 years,
perfecting the execution.
That'd be heaven sometimes,
when it went well,
and hell sometimes, when it didn't.
And I'd start focusing
on a particular phrase
for a millennium or two,
and settle on a note.
Getting that note perfect
would take about a million years.
The rest of infinity
I would be perfectly happy
focusing on
one of the silences
between two of the notes,
gradually becoming
that one space of
infinite silence.
Listen
for that eighth-note rest
next time you listen
to this piece.
I've got it reserved.
