September 2010
Beginner
376 pages
12h 7m
English
Here is another brief piece of music that, like Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” or Saint-Saens’s “The Swan,” is so captivating that listeners welcome it in any setting. In its original context, though—as an interlude in the opera Thaïs—“Meditation” is especially poignant. As its name suggests, the melody accompanies a period of deep reflection for the title character, and the resulting decision is life-changing for her. Later in the opera, the theme recurs in a tragic story of love lost.
Today the interlude’s title has conveniently taken on new meaning as it is enjoyed as a complement ...
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