sotto voce

BEING 25 YEARS BEHIND ON ONE'S READING AND GETTING FURTHER BEHIND EVERY DAY, TO HAVE SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE MET, (A GUILD MEMBER), TO CARNEGIE HALL, TO THE PHILHARMONIC, TO BE A PATRON OF THE SHAW SERIES, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE IRP AND INDULGE IN PEER LEARNING COURSES, TO BELONG TO A GYM, TO CONDUCT A DRAMA WORKSHOP.............TO HAVE FRIENDS, A SWEETHEART.........IS NOT THIS AN EMBARASSMENT OF RICHES?

WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS I DIE.
HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THIS CONSTANT CONCERT PLAYING IN THEIR HEADS? ARIAS, RECITATIVES, HYMNS, LIEDER, POP SONGS, G & S, CONCERTI, SYMPHONIES ALL THERE PLAYING, LYRICS PARADING, VIOLS, CLARINETS.......OH. IT IS MADDENING AND DELIGHTFUL...............THE ONSLOUGHT SELDOM STOPS, EVEN AT TIMES KEEPING ME AWAKE AT NIGHT. IT IS A CURSE AND A BLESSING, FOR I AM NEVER UNACCOPANIED - WITH STRAUSS IN MY BACK POCKET AND SHOSTAKOVICH IN MY JACKET. AND I DON'T REALLY NEED AN MP3 PLAYER.
MY MOTHER WAS ANOTHER ONE WHO SANG ALMOST CONSTANTLY.........THAT'S WHAT I HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING OF MY TIME. AND SHE SANG INTO HER NINETIES.i SUPOSE I COULD SAY THAT MJUSIC IS MY LIFE AND EVRYHTHING I DO OR PURSUE IS TINGED BY THIS ORIENTATION.
HE PRECEDING THOUGHTS BRING TO MIND TWO DEAR FRIENDSD OF MINE EVELYN MONTGUE AND MILTON THIS GREAT COUPLE ALSO ARE MUJSIC NUTS AND HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR ME AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE FOR RETIRED PROFESSIONALS TO SEE CLASSICAL MUSIC EVENTS THAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE GOTTEN TO WITHOUT THEIR KIND DEDICATION.
I GUESS I AM GREEDY, FOR I HAVE A SEASON SUBSCRIPTION TO THE PHILHARMONIC, TO THE MET, TO CARNEGIE HALL(2) AND OTHER VENUES, AND
EVELYN AND MILTON FEED MY OBSESSION. THROUGH THEIR EFFORTS I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE MOST WONDERFUL PERFORMANCES, AMONG THEM TRISTAN & ISOLDE WITH BAREBOIM CONDUCTING AND WALTRUD MEIER AS ISOLDE AND SO MANY OTHER DELICIOUS CONCERTS.
IJUST WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK THEM........SAND BY THE WAY, THESE TWO ARE A LOT OF FUN, TOO.

WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS I DIE.
HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THIS CONSTANT CONCERT PLAYING IN THEIR HEADS? ARIAS, RECITATIVES, HYMNS, LIEDER, POP SONGS, G & S, CONCERTI, SYMPHONIES ALL THERE PLAYING, LYRICS PARADING, VIOLS, CLARINETS.......OH. IT IS MADDENING AND DELIGHTFUL...............THE ONSLOUGHT SELDOM STOPS, EVEN AT TIMES KEEPING ME AWAKE AT NIGHT. IT IS A CURSE AND A BLESSING, FOR I AM NEVER UNACCOMPANIED - WITH STRAUSS IN MY BACK POCKET AND SHOSTAKOVICH IN MY JACKET........... AND I DON'T REALLY NEED AN MP3 PLAYER.

MY MOTHER WAS ANOTHER ONE WHO SANG ALMOST CONSTANTLY.........THAT'S WHAT I HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING, . AND SHE SANG INTO HER NINETIES. MUSIC IS MY LIFE AND EVERYTHING I DO OR PURSUE IS TINGED BY THIS.

THE PRECEDING THOUGHTS MAKE ME THINK OF TWO DEAR FRIENDSD
OF MINE EVELYN MONTGUE AND MILTON. THIS GREAT COUPLE ALSO ARE MUSIC DEVOTEES AND HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR ME AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE FOR RETIRED PROFESSIONALS TO EXPERIENCE CLASSICAL MUSIC EVENTS THAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE ABLE TO WITHOUT THEIR KIND DEDICATION.--- AND THE PRICE IS ALWAYS RIGHT.

I'M SURELY GREEDY, FOR I HAVE A SEASON SUBSCRIPTION TO THE PHILHARMONIC, TO THE MET, TO CARNEGIE HALL(2) AND OTHER VENUES, AND STILL
EVELYN AND MILTON FEED MY OBSESSION. THROUGH THEIR EFFORTS I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE MOST WONDERFUL PERFORMANCES, AMONG THEM TRISTAN & ISOLDE WITH BARENBOIM CONDUCTING AND WALTRUD MEIER AS ISOLDE, AND SO MANY OTHER DELICIOUS CONCERTS.

I JUST WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK THEM..................ATTENTION SHOULD BE PAID!