Doesn't ANYBODY have ANYTHING to say about Mozart's 250th Birthday?
Mozart was the first Glenn Gould I ever listened to -- my Conversion on the Road to Damascus dates to 1971 -- and it made me both a fanatical GG AND a fanatical Mozart fan to this day.
It's very lonely being a Mozart-lover among this bunch. Even Glenn claims to be against me. (But if you listen to him humming as he plays the sonatas ... listen to a Man in Ecstacy.)
But I sincerely believe this is going to be a Wonderful Year for the Soul and Spirit of Planet Earth, coming as it does in the midst of such Bad Times. Before we begin the critical arguing, I wish every one of you many wonderful live Mozart concert experiences in the year ahead.
My screwy little Mozart Birthday Card, I hope it brings you some pleasure:
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Bob