Eric's Beijing Diary

Raymond told me that Beethoven's best work was only equal to Mozart's average work. I got curious, so I found a website that allows you to play five pieces a day for free. Somehow, Mozart's stuff doesn't move me like the Blue Danube Waltz, or the Piano Quintet in A Major by Shubert, but maybe it will with time.

Listen to me. I am talking as if I actually know something about classical music. Boy do I have you fooled! Actually, I'm pretty eclectic when it comes to music. I like a pretty broad variety. It's really hard to say what is my favorite.

The Chinese are great music lovers. If you like concerts and music performances, then Beijing is the place for you. I have already written about Handel's Messiah, which I like to see once a year, but there are many others. Concerts, ballet performances, and variety shows of every kind. Drums, orchestrations, traditional Peking Opera...you name it.