My beloved piano teacher growing up once said something I'll never forget--she said that, "Mozart is therapeutic." At the time, I'm not sure I fully understood what she meant, but now I do. There is a purity and a serenity in Mozart's music that is somehow cleansing and peaceful, something that is reviving to the soul, something transcendent and calming. I've experienced it over and over again, when listening to Mozart, and when playing Mozart. I was told by another beloved teacher, more recently, that a famous conductor once said, "Beethoven strives for the heavens, but Mozart is from the heavens."
If you aren't sure if you've ever experienced Mozart as "therapeutic," or even if you have, I urge you to take 5 minutes out of your busy Friday, or your weekend, and listen to the third movement of Mozart's Serenade for Winds in B-flat (the video is above). I hope it brings some peace to your day and into your heart.
