"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

01 September 2015

Passion.

Mähler, Beethoven, 1815


Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine. To play without passion is inexcusable!

Ludwig van Beethoven

When we go for security we flatten down, there's nothing interesting in life anymore.  This kind of thinking is inhuman ... it is fantasy-less ... If we have the possiblity to make it much more fantastic with the danger, we should choose danger.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Nikolaus Harnoncourt passionately rehearses Beethoven with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe ...

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