Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished”
When stuff goes wrong all over the place and everything’s hitting the fan, it’s sometimes good to resist the temptation to flee from reality and, instead, sit quietly for a while and acknowledge it. It’s even better when you have a soundtrack that affirms you. The first movement of Schubert’s sublime Eighth Symphony gives you the emotional space to look squarely at what just ain’t right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRurBkG9MRg
(Riccardo Muti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic)
Then everything turns for the better in the second movement, the musical equivalent to your favorite bathrobe. When the symphony’s over, you’ll feel as though you’ve weathered the storm, and that your world is greener, lusher and more alive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elrPp1olrYo
(Riccardo Muti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic)
How this music can change your life: It speaks your righteous indignation to power, then pampers you, like a day at the spa.
