The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics postulates that "atoms form a world of potentials and possibilities, rather than of things and facts". Following a parallel path Ajahn Sumedho , a teacher from the Thai Forest Buddhist tradition , has proposed that: We do not know the future. But we do not need to know. We can let the future be the mysterious unknown, the infinite potential - the possibility for pleasure, the possibility for pain, the possibility for peace. As we let go of the fear of the unknown, we find peace. My photo of a stormy sky over Colombo in Sri Lanka hints at that infinite potential. There are many ways to experience it, and music is one of them. For me two examples particularly relevant to this post are Claude Vivier's Siddhartha and Jonathan Harvey's Body Mandala . It is now time for me to defy my advancing years and travel into the mysterious unknown of the future. Which means On An Overgrown Path will fall silent, When, or indeed i
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Good thing they were not playing any Johann-Joseph Fux!
I remember years ago seeing an advertising brochure for the Vancouver Symphony of their upcoming season. Writing about the Beethoven Ninth, they said :
"Beethoven wrote 9 Symphonies, 111 Piano Sonatas and 136 String Quartets"!
WOW! So much repertoire that I missed!
Cheers
David Cavlovic
One of my many eagle-eyed readers has just emailed me to point out I made the classic faux pas of awarding William Howard Schuman a second 'n' in my birthday post.