Mozart at 3 A.M.

Yes, there I was, unable to sleep---turned to WQXR, and found myself listening to a mass by Mozart. Really incredible music---I first assumed that it was his Requiem Mass, but actually it was the Mass in C Minor k 429---really a nice feeling at that time to discover a Mozart piece that was stimulating and that I really did not know that well. It was followed on the radio station by a middle career string quartet my Mendelssohn--also interesting, though by that time I was falling asleep again.
   Do you remember, cityboy, the spring and summer of 1967, one of those periods when you were "reconstructuring" your life? Working at the Post Office nights---trying not to take any money from your parents---living in the small studio on Irving Place (I see the building often on my way to work at Friends Seminary)---refusing to use air conditioning--not much of a social life, and above all, immersing yourself in the music of Mozart. Yes, I could not get enough of it that spring and summer. Now, I don't listen to his music that much, but I still marvel at the variety and content of his best work. Last week Richard played concerto number 20---this week I have the opportunity to go to the Philharmonic and here a performance of concerto number 17---one of my favorites. Will I do it?  Stay tuned for further choices.
   No sessions planned as yet for tomorrow and Friday. That means two free days; in addition, the weather people are promising that Friday will be monstrously cold. What does that mean for cityboy? Well, a lot of reading, will finish up the essays by Coates, and have taken out an interesting book of articles written about the crash of ten years ago. It might be time for me to read the Paul Auster essay (I believe it is non-fiction) called the Invention of Solitude. Some movies? Possibly.
  Yesterday, went to bed early, to tired to check out Dive Bar, which is where I thought I would go last evening. Tonight, plenty of options, will probably head to Lansdowne Road to watch basketball and visit with my friend Mel, another wait person-bartender friend of mine. 
That's all, will report tomorrow.