Reconnecting ties with Classical music

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, 4th movement-Allegro by Karajan

When my deceased mother was first diagnosed with a life threatening sickness years ago, I tried some to comfort myself and ease the anxiety that I felt. The very first music which I started to listen was the religious music of Cary Landry and that of John Michael Talbot.

Then that graduated to more serious stuff like classical music. My first classical music tape was that of Mozart. That was the first time I become acquainted with pieces like “The Marriage of Figaro.” That prompted me to buy the tapes of  classical composers later.

I rummage in the record bars in Cagayan de Oro City to find tapes of Ludwig Van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, Peter Tchaikovsky and Antonio Vivaldi. I went to Astrovision in LKKS, (when the LKKS arcade is not yet airconditioned) some record bars along Divisoria area and there I was able to get several tapes. Later I bought some Brahms, Chopin, Verdi, Handel and Mendelsohn. The last classical music I bought was an expensive CD of Camille Saint Saens in his symphony Organ sometime in 2001 at Robinson’s Place in Manila. That was the last time I commune myself with classical music.

Now that my Mama is gone, I have this feeling of listening back to classical music. I felt alone, sad and lonely. Somehow classical music will fill the emptiness inside and around me aside from being always uplifting to the spirit. Classical music is in some way have a significant connection to the spiritual. Like the Roman Catholic Church, Classical Music is enduring, and timeless.

Classical music uplifts my soul in this time of great grief.

The video I am featuring above is one of my favorites. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, 4th movement. Its grand! I always exclaimed  “Bravo!” after the last notes are played.

Here’s also another favorite, Bach’s Toccata and Fugue, a music you can relate to Dracula movies. But its nice and uplifting music.