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Washed Ashore: Memories and Regrets on a Tokyo Beach
I really don’t like walking to the beach, especially on dull summer days, when the wet rain hits my chest and makes me unable to breathe. A shirt is washed and worn, worn and washed, over and over again, like a miserable pale sun attached to a confused body, wasting its warmth in vain. But people like me have a cold heart. It always beats alone, coldly, like silent raindrops, making no sound at all. The pocket of my jacket on the left always hangs down, because there is a mobile phone inside, a past number that has never been deleted, and a disconnected profile picture that is always gray,…
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Rachmaninoff: The Life and Music of a Russian Composer
On May 13, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra announced that it will return to the Xinghai Concert Hall in Guangdong Province on June 20 to perform Rachmaninoff’s “Second Piano Concerto” and “Second Symphony”. Arouse the ecstasy of music fans. This ecstasy is “the best in the world, and undoubtedly one of the most important orchestras in Russian history”, and even Rachmaninoff, who is regarded as “the last romantic tradition”. 2023 marks the 150th anniversary of Rachmaninoff’s birth and the 80th anniversary of his death. Music lovers regard Beethoven as a god and Rachmaninoff as a lover. Compared with countless talented musicians in history, Rachmaninoff is so “down to earth”. He…
