Do you "conduct" classical music whenl istening?

In My Humble Opinion
21

I’ll see your Va Pensiero and raise you one Polovtsian Dances.

BTW, thanks Antiochus. Now I’m going to be trying to sing that one all the way home from work. And I’ve forgotten most of the words. :frowning:

22

Yes, depending on what it is. Debussy, say La Mer? Not really; doesn’t lend itself to that. The chorale movement of Beethoven’s Ninth? The way my hand is flying around, you’d think I’m Dr. Strangelove.

23

I hum, sing, and conduct alone with classical works whenever I’m not afraid to. If you happen to drive past me while in my car listening to an intense symphony, you’re probably in for something very, very funny.

24

Kizarvexius, I call.

Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate,
Va, ti posa sui clivi, sui colli
Ove olezzano tepide e molli
L’aure dolci del suolo natal!
Del Giordano le rive saluta,
Di Sïon le torri atterrate…
Oh mia patria sì bella e perduta!
Oh membranza sì cara e fatal!
Arpa d’ôr dei fatidici vati
Perchè muta dal salice pendi?
Le memorie nel petto raccendi,
Ci favella del tempo che fu!
O simìle di Solima ai fati
Traggi un suono di crudo lamento,
O t’ispiri il Signore un concento
Che ne infonda al patire virtù,
che ne infonda al patire virtù,
che ne infonda al patire virtù, al patire virtù!

25

Grazie mille. I’ve got the sheet music around here somewhere…

26

Conduct? Heck I headbang to some of it.