The evening is winding down towards bedtime…a little bourbon on the rocks…a little Elgar “Enigma Variations”…I am nothing if I am not one who is strongly drawn to the music of the classical style…whether as a listener or as a performer…drilled into me at too young an age to resist…started taking classical piano at 6 or 7…and started singing church music…liturgical music at age 5…and played Horn in F in the school band at age 12…and had an uncle who was totally take by music of the classical style…big influence…

Speaking of the Elgar piece, the 9^th variation, titled “Nimrod” is probably IMHO the most beautiful…haunting piece of classical music I have ever heard…(or I guess to be accurate, movement or section of a classical piece).