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The beginning simple, almost comic.
:22:06
Just a pulse.
:22:07
Bassoons, basset horns...
:22:11
...like a rusty squeezebox.
:22:17
And then, suddenly...
:22:19
...high above it...
:22:23
...an oboe.
:22:27
A single note, hanging there,
unwavering.
:22:33
Until...
:22:35
...a clarinet took it over...
:22:40
...sweetened it into a phrase
of such delight.
:22:48
This was no composition
by a performing monkey.
:22:54
This was a music I had never heard.
:23:01
Filled with such longing,
such unfulfillable longing.
:23:06
It seemed to me I was hearing
the voice of God.
:23:10
Excuse me.
:23:12
But why?
:23:14
Why would God choose an obscene child
to be his instrument?
:23:20
It was not to be believed.
:23:22
This piece had to be an accident.
It had to be.
:23:31
It better be.
:23:34
How good is he, this Mozart?
:23:36
He's remarkable, Majesty. I heard an
extraordinary opera of his last month.
:23:42
-Idomeneo, King of Crete.
- That?
:23:46
A tiresome piece. I heard it too.
:23:49
Tiresome?
:23:51
A young man trying to impress
beyond his abilities.
:23:55
Too much spice.
:23:58
Too many notes.