Saturday, June 19, 2010

I've been listening to Sibelius' second symphony this afternoon. It sounds like this:


The picture was taken somewhere near here. I was wondering, at one point, what music would sound like that looked like Florida. Then it struck me, there's Orlando and there's everything else (when you're in Orlando at least); so actually Florida is kind of like Sibelius' music as a whole; there's Finlandia and then there's everything else.

Perhaps Daytona is Tapiola and Tampa is Valse Triste. Miami must be the violin concerto, you recognize it when you hear it but tend to forget about it otherwise. Jacksonville, forget Jacksonville, whoever heard of the place?

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