i feel a distinct pleasure when a friend of mine announces they have thoroughly enjoyed something and it turns out to be something i am already familiar with and thoroughly enjoyed myself.

i first saw this video last september, nearly exactly a year ago in fact, when i decided to take a music course ‘from beethoven to berlioz’ and the first thing we did in that class, on the very first day, was watch this video of benjamin zander. i love it, and not only because mr. zander is amicable, funny and has an amazingly enjoyable accent, but of course because of his passion and the beauty of classical music. that was a great class.