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Have you heard of "Mozart Effect"? Some researchers claim that listening to Mozart Sonata increases your spatial abilities and lifts your mood. There are also various studies that listening to classical music can help you focus. But I have also heard from various people that listening to rock or metal is their jam, especially when they are trying to do deep thinking or get a lot of work done in a short period of time. I have personally experimented with music as a background for work and it definitely helps with concentration and quality of output. However, the playlist depends on what type of work I am doing. It's rock and roll when i am crunching numbers, pop or folk when i am responding to emails or doing something light (yup, singing Taylor Swift or Abba when i am typing that message 😃 ). And when doing deep thinking or writing a document, it is classical. This is my favourite - https://lnkd.in/eU3NPGbA (Sorry Mozart fans, Beethoven does it for me 🎼) 🎶 What's your favourite background music while working, or do you prefer absolute silence? 🎶

This is a remarkable conversation between, Leonard Bernstein and Maximilian Schell, where Bernstein explains that Beethoven's 7th Symphony, 2nd movement can't be told to contain any real melody. It rather consists in one note being decorated with some garlands and variations. I use this masterpiece of orchestral music in my curriculum at "THE art of TALK" to explain the crucial importance of speed and rhythm when it comes to public speaking.   But in Bernstein’s explanations is more to find. He states: “There's no aspect of Beethoven in which you can say: Beethoven is great, as a melodist, a harmonist, counterpointist, a tone painter, in his orchestration. You'll find fault with all of them. If you take any one of these elements, separately, you find nobody.” And this applies to speaking: you don't have to be the greatest in any specificity, it is about the way you compose your skills and bring them into a form. Then you have everything it needs to become a great speaker. #LeonardBernstein #Beethoven7th #PublicSpeaking #RhythmAndPace #SpeakingSkills #OrchestrationInSpeech #CommunicationExcellence #MasterfulSpeaking #THEartofTALK

#Mondaymotivation and #inspiration from Elim 🎶 #attitude #mindset #leadershipmatters Bring it. Be the one. Last week, I posted a series of posts about attitude. I hope you will allow me to share one more. On Friday evening, it was the first night of the BBC Proms with conductor Elim Chan making her First Night of the Proms debut presenting Beethoven’s iconic Fifth Symphony. Beethoven’s 5th was written in the early 1800s and first performed in 1808. Since then, it has been performed countless times by thousands of musicians, orchestras and conductors. It has, probably, the most famous opening 4 notes in music. Many will know the tune, even if they are not classical music fans. It must be a challenge for conductors and musicians alike to bring a fresh perspective to such a well-known and often performed symphony. It requires a special talent to achieve such a feat. Yet, on Friday, we witnessed Elim bring a new energy to the piece leading the BBC Symphony Orchestra to a performance that everyone who was there appreciated and will always remember being part of. A truly great live performance depends on 3 things; an inspired and motivated team, a receptive audience, and a great leader to spark the whole thing into life. Once sparked, the 3 parties feed off the energy in, I guess, a form of fusion to produce a truly memorable experience for all those involved. If you are about to start a new week, doing something you’ve done many times before, do it with excellence. Bring the energy. The good energy. The energy you bring makes a difference. The difference. It makes a difference to you, your team, and your customers. Bring it. Be the one. #moremotivationmonday “If I have the courage to pursue what I love, then so do you.” Elim Elim Chan | One of the most sought-after artists of her generation… #inspireothers #inspirational #inspirationalleader #leadership #leadershipqualities #motivation #motivationalmonday #team #mindsetmonday #mindsetmatters #mindsetforsuccess #success #teamwork #employeeexperience #ex #employeeengagement #customerexperience #cx #journey #hope #solace #triumph

Anton Bruckner: The Misunderstood Genius of Symphonic Music Anton Bruckner, an Austrian composer of the Romantic era, is now celebrated for his expansive symphonies and religious compositions. However, during his lifetime, he was often criticized and even mocked, with some contemporaries branding him a fool for his unconventional musical arrangements. This article delves into the reasons behind this harsh reception and explores why Bruckner's music was misunderstood in his time. Learn the whole story here: https://lnkd.in/g2BwxuSM

Yesterday marked the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony's premiere - you know, the Ode to Joy, that also became the official anthem of the European Union. I have long found creative industries very inspirational about how novelties can break through and touch a wider audience. Movies introduced test screenings, iterations and conscious team castings long before any MVPs or startup building methods were introduced. Music is also a lot of things from cooperation through reaching out to applying technology. The creation process is often hindsight obvious to result in a great result. Classical music is (or should be) a very interesting case: Europe (yes, in that case we can say Europe) produced a lot of masterpieces. Pieces that engage either the "micro audiences" of many different cultures within Europe and also far beyond. But why? And how? Well, let's have a look at Beethoven's 9th: - Beethoven himself is German, with Flemish roots but moving to Vienna - interestingly, international cooperation was quite natural: authors and composers of different nations were not only exposed to eachothers' work, but also actively looking for cooperations (just think about Opera premiers and the criss-crossing travels of many artists) - for example, the particular symphony was commissioned by the London Philharmonics, Beethoven planned the premiere to take place in Berlin (that version was dedicated to the king of Prussia) - at the end, the first performance happened in Vienna. So for classical music, Europe worked well even in a highly fragmented and war-torn state (and still works to some degree). It's interesting how difficult it is for us to replicate a similar attitude in basically any other industries. To move, to scout inspiration and co- beyond borders and to see markets appropriately. Anyway, the inspiration has been with us for 200 years now :)

Best advice a world class musician can give a young leader: "If you are a singer, sing. If you are a commedian, be funny. If you are a magician, do magic. Failure and mediocrity usually come when singers try to tell jokes and comedians try to sing. Unless you are Dean Martin - stick to what you do best." My father was Benny Goodman's lead trumpet player on his Asia and European tours in the '50s. He was a young man who knew what he did well. From his perch in the orchestra, around the world and then for 30+ years at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, he saw thousands of performers. While finding the parallels between his life in music and my career as a Naval Officer and a Business Executive was a challenge, one day Dad hit gold with the above quote. Questions for all of us - 1. What are you really good at and can even be better? 2. What should you leave to others so they can shine in their own way? You don't have to be great at anything, but if you want to be, find your brilliance. Video is from 1958 in Brussels. Billy Hodges, my father, is in the back row next to the drummer. BTW: I chose to work with leaders to 'Help humans be heroes in the age of Automation and Ai". https://lnkd.in/ghmriUpn

Hey music lovers and puzzle enthusiasts! Can you match the notes to the composers in this classical composers word puzzle? From the elegant melodies of Mozart to the powerful symphonies of Beethoven, it's time to test your knowledge of musical genius. Join the fun and drop your guesses in the comments below! Let's unravel the harmonious mysteries together! #ComposerConundrum #SaturdaySymphonies 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆. 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀! #technology #ournewnormal #becomeknown #businessdirectory

Hey music lovers and puzzle enthusiasts! Can you match the notes to the composers in this classical composers word puzzle? From the elegant melodies of Mozart to the powerful symphonies of Beethoven, it's time to test your knowledge of musical genius. Join the fun and drop your guesses in the comments below! Let's unravel the harmonious mysteries together! #ComposerConundrum #SaturdaySymphonies 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆. 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀! #technology #ournewnormal #becomeknown #businessdirectory

Beethoven's Symphony No. 9: 'Dedicated to all Mankind’: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony — according to Frederick Stock, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra‘s second music director, in Talks About Beethoven’s Symphonies — is “dedicated to all Mankind. Embracing all phases of human emotion, monumental in scope and outline, colossal in its intellectual grasp and emotional eloquence, the Ninth stands today as the greatest of all symphonies.” Stock continues: “The Ninth is unquestionably the greatest of all symphonies not only because it is the final résumé of all of Beethoven’s achievements, colossal as they are even without the Ninth, but also because it voices the message of one who had risen beyond himself, beyond the world and the time in which he lived. The Ninth is Beethoven, the psychic and spiritual significance of his life. “In the first movement we find the bitter struggle he waged against life’s adversities, his failing health, his deafness, his loneliness. The Scherzo depicts the quest for worldly joy; the third movement, melancholy reflection, longing — resignation. The last movement, the ‘Ode to Joy,’ is dedicated to all Mankind.” “There’s something astonishing about a deaf composer choosing to open a symphony with music that reveals, like no other music before it, the very essence of sound emerging from silence,” writes CSOA scholar-in-residence and program annotator Phillip Huscher. “The famous pianissimo opening — sixteen measures with no secure sense of key or rhythm — does not so much depict the journey from darkness to light, or from chaos to order, as the birth of sound itself or the creation of a musical idea. It is as if the challenges of Beethoven’s daily existence — the struggle to compose music, his difficulty in communicating, the frustration of remembering what it was like to hear — have been made real in a single page of music.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/eqNyFwYU. Watch/ listen splendid japanese interpretation:

In 2009, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and its conductor, David Parry, selected and recorded what they believed to be the 50 greatest pieces of classical music. The list includes 5 pieces by Beethoven, 6 by Mozart, and 3 by Bach. To create those masterpieces, Beethoven produced 650 pieces of music, Mozart wrote more than 600, and Bach composed more than 1,000. If they were baseball players, Mozart’s batting average would have been .01—one in one hundred. You don’t even make a Little League team with that kind of batting average. Bach’s and Beethoven’s batting averages were even worse! And Handel only had one hit. There are two errors that we make in evaluation—a false positive and a false negative. A false positive is a false alarm. It’s the boy who cried wolf when there was no wolf. A false positive is believing something to be true that turns out to be false. In business, it’s a product that is expected to be a home run but turns out to be a swing and a miss. A false negative is the opposite. It’s expecting failure but experiencing success. A psychologist named Aaron Kozbelt has examined letters written by Beethoven, in which he evaluated seventy of his works. Kozbelt compared Beethoven’s self-assessment with the opinions of experts, and he found that Beethoven committed fifteen false positives. In other words, compositions that he thought were major turned out to be minor. He also committed eight false negatives. He criticized pieces that are some of his greatest works. That’s a 33 percent error rate even after receiving audience feedback. Win The Day by Mark Batterson