Fred talks about how (classical) music not only makes us feel, but also how music helps us feel.
He also shares the story of when he first met Yo-Yo Ma. "I had never met Yo-Yo Ma until that day; I was nervous. We're just about to start. We had a massive sound check. Yo-Yo walks in with his cello, and he saw a little girl in the audience wearing a sweatshirt with a picture of Arthur, the animated PBS Kids show character. And he stopped. And here's this big momentum, all this machinery and movement to record this giant show. And he stopped, he stopped everything to talk to this five-year-old girl."
Read the transcript of the interview or listen online here.
He ends the interview (and his final broadcast) with a song by Franz Schubert, "An die Musik" — "to music." Fred summarizes the lyrics as follows:
"Beloved art, in how many a bleak hour when I'm enmeshed in life's tumultuous round, you've kindled my heart to the warmth of love and carried me to a better world. A sweet sigh escaping from your harp, a sweet celestial chord has revealed to me a heaven of happier times. Beloved art of music. I thank you."
Read the actual English translation of the song's lyrics.
