GayandRight

My name is Fred and I am a gay conservative living in Ottawa. This blog supports limited government, the right of the State of Israel to live in peace and security, and tries to expose the threat to us all from cultural relativism, post-modernism, and radical Islam. I am also the founder of the Free Thinking Film Society in Ottawa (www.freethinkingfilms.com)

Friday, February 17, 2006

A low-fat way to buy danish...

Drink as much Danish beer as you can...but here's a low-calorie alternative...
In fact, there is a simple and less fattening way of standing firm with Denmark. Buy one of the marvelous symphonies of the Danish composer, Carl Nielsen (1865-1931). By doing this, you will not only be showing your support for the Danes, but you will be discovering the music of one of the most neglected of all the great composers. And don't just buy one for yourself; buy some for your friends; or, alternatively, urge your friends to buy their own. Send out urgent emails to all you know, and tell them that they must stop whatever they are doing, and buy Nielsen. Then, after you have all bought a Nielsen symphony, sit down in front of your stereo, turn the volume up, and listen to it. Pry your kids away from their TV, or computers, or video games, and make them listen with you. Or take a copy of a Nielsen symphony to work, and take a Nielsen break where everyone gathers around to listen to this humane, exhilarating, and ennobling music. You cannot listen to Nielsen, and not become a better person for it.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I love Neilsen's Fourth Symphony - it is magnificent - "The Inextinguishable" - the final movement has an exciting "duelling kettledrums" - when I saw it performed the tympanists were on opposite side of the orchestra volleying back and forth- great drama. Really inspiring music.

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