The second movement begins with solo oboe. In the space of a held breath, she leads the audience into the song, through plucked pizzicatos and quick lifts, until the strings sweep the melody away into the tense grandeur of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony. In the classical music community, it’s well known that Tchaikovsky wrote his Fourth […]
“I only listen to real music.” I’m sure we’ve all met someone who has said this phrase at least once when talking about their music taste compared to yours. In fact, I’ve been this person in the past when talking to others about my music taste. But is there such a thing as “real music”? […]