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Oh I LOVED Peer Gynt! And I loved SCARY music like “Danse Macabre”, “Night on Bald Mountain”, and “Symphonie Fantastique”!

I didn’t get into Mozart till recently, as a pianist. bac then, I liked it Bombastic, Loud, and in a minor key. (I was a weird little kid! hahaha!)

[Nathan Jr.]

Bombastic and loud - yes!! Kids love that kind of stuff!!

When I was four years old, we lived about two blocks from the high school and the marching band would come down our street to practice their parade routine. My mom would send me out onto the lawn armed with two frying pan lids and I would bang them together when the band came by!! I'm now a fifty-something classically trained oboist and have enjoyed playing with bands and orchestras of every sort, including two stints with the Army bands system.

[bonfire]

Yes YES to all your childhood loves!

Never got into Mozart. I keep trying but it just doesn’t “do it” for me! What would you suggest?

Get yourself a conductor stick! Been know to “conduct” a piece FULL BLAST standing on my patio table at sunset! Just doin’ my part to educate the neighbors :)