music not just for the ears…

Haven’t been to a concert for a while, so this was a real treat: the old fashioned Händel gala at the Zipper Concert Hall, conducted by a very engaging Martin Haselbock, and the singer Dominique Labelle, absolutely stunning! Also very impressive flute musician, and they had played some beautiful old instruments. Never mind that it was arias from Händel’s operas, which is not the type of music that I would usually listen to.
How does this happen that music puts you in such a state? I was coming home bubbling inside and had to be quite for a while, as if not to spill anything 🙂
Abhinavagupta say’s that participating in music with a lot of people makes the effect even more powerful. Just like praying with more than one person makes the prayer more powerful.