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The most beautiful opening

For some reason, this thought overwhelmed me, and, rather than put it on my own blog, I decided to put it here and give this near moribund forum a little kick.

The thought - nothing to do with Beethoven except as a consequence of his universal influence on classical music - was that the opening movement of Jan Sibelius' 6th Symphony is the single most gorgeous opening in the whole of classical music.

That's all for now!
December 2009
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