What's your favorite symphony?

Classical Music, Philosophy, and Zombies My name is David. You may not believe this, but despite popular belief I was born as a baby. It took me approximately 9 months to develop fully enough for my lungs, heart, and brain to operate independently within my mothers womb. At this point I decided enough was enough, it's time to start my life. As I emerged from my mothers vagina I remember thinking, "What is this place?" "Who are all these people wearing brightly colored loose clothing?" They wrapped me up in a towel and immediately began to wash off the afterbirth that I had become very close too in the previous nine months. I was sad to see it go, but I knew it was for the best, it was time to move on. I quickly became infatuated with the music of Beethoven, the philosophical ideas of Frederick Nietzsche, and was overcome by the worries and stress of knowing the future devastation caused by the worlds main enemy... the Zombie.

21 years later, I've developed this blog dedicated to my own personal holy trinity, Classical Music, Philosophy, and Zombies.

Aug16

What’s your favorite symphony?

2 years ago

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Piano concerto?
Cello concerto?
Violin concerto?
String Quartet?
Piano Quintet?
Sonata?

Mine are: Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2, Elgar Cello Concerto in e (Though I think the Dvorak cello concerto is a superior piece of music), Barber Violin Concerto, Grieg String quartet in g, Brahms Piano Quintet, and Rachmaninov sonata for cello and piano.

Mahler 8
Beethoven: Waldstein
not familiar with enough cello to decide
Tchik Violin Concerto
Shostakovich 8
Dvorak
Eric Ewazen Sonata for Trumpet