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As in every December, I went to listen Beethoven's
9th symphony this year too.--I went to two concerts
this year.
And, as in every end of a year, I thought over
various matters about my life while listening
the symphony. To me, it is the moment to reflect
on my life in the music.
(I have been coming to at least two concerts of
Beethoven's 9th symphony in every December in the
last 10 years)
There is a part of the symphony--certain part of the
4th movement--where I am reminded of the German POWs
who performed this symphony for the first in Japan.
Whenever the performance comes to the part, I think
about those German POWs. I wonder what emotion those
Germen POWs held in their mind at the part when they
played this music. I imagine they thought about their
defeated homeland and their families and friends in
Germany, playing the part in front of many Japanese
who listened this symphony for the first time in
Japanese history.--And now, I am listening the same
music in this country.
This year was the 90th anniversary of the first
performance of Beethoven's 9th symphony in Japan.
Adiu 2008.
Nori
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