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for the love of it

It’s easy to have a well-developed sense of ennui by the end of a symphonic season, at least if you’re a member of the ensemble. But, occasionally, it’s nice to have a gut check provided by one of your brothers or sisters in the orchestra world. Mine came this morning in the form of a rapturous blog entry by Columbus Symphony principal clarinetist David H. Thomas. There was a paragraph that reminded me of my experience playing the last movement of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony a few short weeks ago: