1. I enjoy recognizing pieces of music when they come over the airwaves or if I hear them in a movie. It's too bad I don't watch the cartoons I grew up with or some commercials and tv shows from my youth which made fun use of classical pieces.
Aside, maybe, from one of his famous Hungarian Dances, I've never recognized Brahm's compositions when they've come on and today I listened a few times to Brahm's 4th Symphony, hoping to imbed its themes in my memory. I definitely will always recognize the third movement and hope that with more repetition my aging mind will hold onto the other three movements, too.
2. I also listened again to the Sticky Notes podcast episode examining Brahm's 4th Symphony and realized that I will never fully absorb and remember the technical details that Joshua Weilerstein explains, but that's no problem. I am more interested in the symphony's emotional impact than its technical wonders -- even if the two are ultimately inseparable.
3. Debbie cut up a chunk of tri-tip beef she'd thawed, cooked the pieces, and took the leftover macaroni dish from last night out of the fridge and this combination was blissful.
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