![]() 19th December 2012 ![]() ![]() ![]() I asked the mortician about the music that was played at the funeral. This time, the pastor had made the selection herself, choosing from that popular (and very convenient)Bund der Bestatterdouble-CD "Musik für Trauerfeiern" (Engl.: Music for Funerals) by Gruppo Classico.The second piece by Telemann, though instrumental, had a noticeably christian flavour, and I didn't like it at all. In fact, I started drifting off as it played, just like I had done on my mother's funeral (though for different reasons). The final piece turned out to be another one by Bach, though not in 6/4, as I initially thought, but in 3/4. On the way out of the chapel I kept counting to 6 though, probably because the track is rather fast and playful.The first track wasBach's"Air on a G-string", which I always believed to be one of the mostquestionable(if not downright obscene) titles within the genre of classical music. It's a beautiful piece under "normal" circumstances, but here ... at this funeral ... it became a realKILLER TRACK!!! The setting, the atmosphere, even the cliché of it all ... - everything came together and gave it this enormous weight! Very manipulating on an emotional level. Made it hardnot to cry. |