I just downloaded the most PATHETIC of TCHAIKOVSKY's Pathetique Symphony

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I thought I was being original by pairing it with the 1812 Overture. But this pathetic version is really pathetic. Oh, well, there's always another YouTube and RealPlayer.

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1. Listening to the gorgeousness of his music, there was a comment on YouTube:

something like, "Geez, Pete, who hurt you so much?"

[Smarmie Doofus]

2. Being gay and closeted might have had something to do w. it.

n/t

[Ken Burch]

5. Come to think of, it's kind of surprising Putin hasn't banned Tchaikovsky's music yet. n/t.

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6. IIRC a few years ago there was a flap with the official line being that TCHAIKOVSKY

was just, definitely, *NOT* Gay (according to them). It's a matter of his musical legacy being so massive that they can't make him disappear, so Denial being the way to keep it.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

3. Bac in the day, I was a union Sheet Metal Worker involved in installing a lead lined copper roof

on the new San Francisco Opera House. I took a break and wandered Down to the wings of the stage. The S.F. Synphony was practicing Chopin's symphony #1. It happens to be one of my favorites. When they finished, I stepped out of the wing and applauded. Now, you've got to understand, I was wearing dirty overalls, work boots, a hard hat etc. The conductor glared at me. I told them that it was fantastic (even though the pianist made a few errors" and that "even though I may loose my job for taking time off work to listen to them, I really enjoyed it. A private performance by the S.F. Symphony? How could you not enjoy it? I got a standing O from the S.F. Symphony.

One of those moments in life.

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4. Thanks for that.