Some 20
years ago I was a member of the Symphony Club organized by the Malaysian
Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO). I used to play this piece called “Mattinata” on
my violin together with other violinists accompanied by a pianist in our
Symphony Club. This piece was composed by the Italian composer
Ruggiero Leoncavallo. Mattinata translated from Italian into English
as means “Morning”
Yesterday
I was trying to recall the name of this piece. I could only remember this song
or music starting with “M” … something like “Matini” but could not exactly
remember the full name. But I remember it was something like “The Morning
Breaks” or was it “The Morning” or something like that but could not recall.
It was
definitely not “Peer Gynt - Morning Mood" by the Norwegian composer
Edvard Grieg, a classical work I know well.
I
tried very hard to get the name out, but I just could not. I could not even
recall the tune. I know I have this sheet music among thousands of other sheet
music I have collected in my music library. So, I searched all my music books
but could not find it. I could not even remember the tune.
Then
suddenly this morning on waking up, this tune suddenly sang into my mind. It
just sang inside automatically. I didn’t even think of it anymore. I was asleep
seconds earlier.
Yes, I
then remember the tune, but what is the name? I searched all over Google
without success. Then I remember the Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti
sang it. I then searched all the songs Pavarotti sang and found it as
“Mattinata”
I guess
I am beginning to lose my memory. I can remember and retain a lot of things I
studied in the universities but sometimes they took me a lot of time to recall
them, even the term for it.
It
was inside my head, I knew it, but I just could not get it out verbally. Then
suddenly they all came out. Once out, all the fine details just flowed out like
water in a river. Once that word or title comes out, I can then talk on
it for hours or write pages on it, but often even a simple name gets blocked
for several minutes. It is inside my head, I know it, but I could not express
it verbally. It just got blocked. Something is wrong with my memory now.
It is not Alzheimer’s disease for sure.
Now
that I remember, I like to share my joy with you. We share things together
unselfishly till our souls leaves this world with eternal joy.
Here is
the sheet music for Mattinata (Morning)
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7A3z91bZ_s
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7A3z91bZ_s
Some
other light classical music I used to play on my violin are:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_6zN2kpfgY
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