Those aren't the words I would use either, Tooka--I don't meant to get out of line either--but "tedious" and "laborious" kind of crossed my mind--or maybe "tragic" that it lasts so long or "cool" that it's finally over. . . ----------
To me, the beauty is that to my ear jim is wailing his heart out and expressing something that is moving him.
The sound is harsh, but I think that is the intention. To my palate, beauty doesn't always have to be pretty, just true to itself.
I hear tragedy in it too, in how it is played and the dynamics.
I am not very enlightened in this realm so forgive me but at first I thought it was a Russian piece of music, not Bach, which often sounds tragic to me like you can hear sadness and cynicism in it.
But rather than intellectualize all that, I just said beautiful and tragic. ---------- Shane
