For most of my life I've always wanted to see an orchestral performance in person, but the prices for most of the classical concerts I've heard about were usually out of my budget range. ... It was incredible in the way that she was able to control every key and note sounding with perfection. ... I guess deep down inside I love classical music and didn't really think much about it until I attended this concert. ...

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There are 3 movements, that bear a passing resemblance to the classical symphony. ... It's interesting to note that in this great score, the free impressionism of Debussy is tempered with something like classic form. ... He was paying far more attention to his ideas, than to classical form. ... At the time, Debussy was turning to a new idea of classical form. ...

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A few years ago I was watching a documentary on music on PBS, the famous Jazz musician Wynton Marcellus said something on that program that got stuck in my mind like a piece of gum under a lunchroom table. Marcellus said: "Just because someone can throw a basketball into a hoop, doesn't mean they"re...

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