Amazing Article from Washington Post

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:22 pm

This article from the Washington Post is one of the best I've read in a long time (it's lengthy, w/ video).

The premise: What happens when the world's greatest living violinist plays one of the best pieces of classical music ever written on a 300 year old, multi-million dollar Stradivari violin in a Washington DC Metro station during rush hour, posing as a street musician?

Here's the article, enjoy.

Calvin

John Rawlings · Post by **John Rawlings** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:39 pm

Fascinating reading!

I wonder if things would have been different if people had not been rushing to work, not wanting to be late?

Kinda makes me wonder what beautiful things I have walked by in my life....

- John

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:42 pm

That's a GREAT story.

GillyWeed · Post by **GillyWeed** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:16 am

That was a very cool story. I don't think it would be too much different. Everyone is always rushing to get somewhere.. If it hadn't been rush hour then there would maybe only have been a few people actually going buy.. They wouldn't have stopped either in my opinion. I think most poeple just tune that sort of thing out.. Think about the street muscians we see in Seattle.. Granted most of them are playing the drums and have dread locks not the violin.. But we just pass them buy without a second look.

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:39 am

Awesome... the human condition in a snapshot. But will anyone take time to read the article?

John Rawlings · Post by **John Rawlings** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:53 am

Tom Nic wrote:Awesome... the human condition in a snapshot. But will anyone take time to read the article?

Well.....At least 5 of us did, (including Calvin!). HA!

- John

Sergeant Pepper · Post by **Sergeant Pepper** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:01 am

Well, I certainly didn't read the whole article, I mean holy crap. I did however, watch the video. I think I may have stopped for a few moments to listen.

lamont · Post by **lamont** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:09 pm

the problem is that i don't really like classical music or care about violinists, so i skimmed over a lot of it, and probably wouldn't have stopped...

now if roger penrose setup a whiteboard and started lecturing on spin networks and loop quantum gravity i would have noticed, stopped and called in sick to work...

divernick · Post by **divernick** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:02 pm

That is an awesome article, thanks for posting it Calvin.

Nick