Last night I had the pleasure of seeing, hearing, and feeling the music created by one of the greatest living volinists in the world, Joshua Bell.
My favorite part of the performance came after the intermission when Bell performed Ysaye's "Violin Sonata in A Minor".
The tune of Ysaye's work was very familiar to me. It was half way through the performance that it struck me, the "death chant" tune was the same that is played in the background of the opening title sequence for the film, The Shining.
$32.17
That's how much money Joshua Bell made when he played in a Metro station in April 2007. It was part of an experiment by The Washington Post that examined the question, will busy commuters take the time to stop for beauty?
Read the full article here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html
