After my mom died, we came into possession of one of her Bose CD players. It came with a CD to demonstrate the clarity of the sound produced by the system, an experience meant to give you the feeling of being in the auditorium with a live orchestra in front of you, all around you. You are directed to crank the volume up to 80 to 85 and let ‘er rip.
I put it in this morning and was swept away. I almost didn’t move for the entirety of the 15 minute CD, which featured everything from the barnyard sounds of the early morning to selections from orchestral pieces. I can’t count how many times I was moved almost to tears by the sheer beauty of this delightful sensory experience.
I was looking out of our window while listening, watching the construction workers on the roof of the apartment building going up across the street. With the backdrop of Debussey’s “Clair de Lune,” Saint-Saens’ Aquarium from “Carnival of the Animals,” and Puccini’s Nessus Dorma from “Turandot,” the movements of the roof workers became a well-orchestrated ballet. They were flinging black roofing materials off the top that floated down in musical precision. One piece was more like an elongated black ribbon that twirled and soared upward, like a little Nureyev of the sky, before finally coming to rest,
The rising sun illuminated the neon green and yellow vests that the crew was wearing, making them look almost iridescent against the backdrop of the gray clouds behind them. They were in constant motion, a little hive of balletic action. At the very end of the last selection when the violins were coming to a high crescendo of sorts, I watched one man climb to the very highest spot on the roof and stand there, his own enactment of a crescendo.
I don’t think I will ever look at construction workers the same way again.
“Music is a fair and glorious gift of God.
I am strongly persuaded that after theology,
there is no art which can be placed on the level of music.”
Martin Luther
I’ll probably Debussey this in the morning.
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Love the picture of the geese–the evening light makes them quite striking in appearance.
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Thanks! We can pretend that they are musical notes flying across the sky, or perhaps that they are symbolic of the construction crew that I failed to get a photo of. 😊
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that’s funny about the construction workers….we have some roofing going on around us at the condos across Prairie Av. I will have to put on some music and see if I get the same entertainment. Gene just got a new Bose speaker.
the photo of the geese is beautiful.
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I expect to hear a report about the construction ballet over there while you listen to the Bose. 😁. Thanks!
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