There is something very special about listening to new music that pulls at your heartstrings when you least expect it.
I was on my way to Oxford on the train, listening to a new CD I had received for Christmas. I was enjoying tracks I knew and loved, then left the CD running until the last track came on. It was a duet from Die tote Stadt by Korngold: Glück, das mir verblieb, or Marietta’s Lied. I had heard it before as a solo, but I cannot have taken it in because this time I just listened in amazement.
I always feel so privileged to have access to music that makes all the world and time seem to stop around you. The slight disadvantage is that it seems almost impossible to start it again and return to real life!
Sorry this has been on the soppy and sentimental side, but there you go. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
Lots of love, Sarah