Tetrogrammaton

Tetragrammaton One of your passions is music, enough so that you've organized your life to travel the world to listen to it. Is that correct?

Music has dominated my life. I listen to it every day. I try to consume it as voraciously as possible

and just learn what's new out and just keep on taking it in. And at age 61 years, I've been doing this since I was seven.

Would you say your enthusiasm for music has diminished over the course of your life.

Oh, I think it's intensified.

The more music you know, the more music you become curious about, right?

And the more people you know who can recommend more good things to you.

So it's an all-consuming addiction.

I don't think I have to tell you that, yes?

Yes, I'm addicted.

And unlike most addictions, I think it's actually good for you.

So you can learn history.

You also can learn economics.

You learn about the world.

I've been to over 100 countries, often in quest of different musics.

And I love also reading books about music, composers, classic rock, and so on.

Great. What are you going to play for us today?

I thought we would start with something very classic. We'll get to some more popular music.

But for me, the most universal of all composers is Beethoven.

It's a lot of very famous Beethoven pieces.

So I thought I would pick one that hardly anyone listens to,

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