Was playing Beethoven's D minor sonata, aka the tempest sonata. It's just an amazing masterpiece. The three movements represents three different moods, and three different pictures. It is supposedly to be somewhat related to Shakespeare's "The Tempest", especially the 1st mvt. It somehow reminds me of King Lear as well, in the storm scene, where all the elements come into action: air, water, earth and fire.

The 1st mvt depicts a storm scene, from the start all the way till the end. I love the very first chord, an arpeggiated 1st inversion chord, which is like the sound of a distant thunder. Although the storm is not seen yet, but danger lurks everywhere and the "electricity" in the air can be felt in every frequency of that chord. Then it's followed by a brief panic of the people, running for shelter from the upcoming storm. Then a second thunder, even more deadly, more silent, yet more dangerous. And eventually as the people starts to panic again, the storm finally arrives and reaches to the main theme. Here, raindrops and wind is portrayed using the triplet figurations, and the thunder, the lightning is represented by the powerful broken chord motif in the bass. In all this chaos and disorder, the pleading and crying of the people is heard as well. The entire scene is just being depicted so wonderfully using music. Ah what a beauty.

In contrast to the 1st mvt, the 2nd mvt is much more calm, more serene, more peaceful. The same arpeggiated chord motif as the 1st mvt is being used in the first bar, but the meaning here is complete different. It shows a sense of relief, sense of serenity. The storm is now over. Everything remains so still, so silent, so soft, so gentle, so legato. I love the occasion tremolo-like figurations in the left hand. It adds on to the calmness of the entire piece of music. And also the desending broken arpeggio in the recapitulation. Loved it.

Third mvt, shows the flow of the the water after the storm. At first it flows in a stream. Then it flows into a big river, then back into a stream again. The flowing of water is everlasting, as if it flows forever. The entire movement has this constant flow throughout, with ony a few interruptions. This creates a sense of eternity, as it is constantly flowing. The same motif is also used throughout, which creates unity of mood and unity of time. I want life to be like this, such that it lasts forever and is constant with few interruptions. I want emotions to flow constantly through me.

I want it to storm. Like really a big big huge storm. Lightning, Thunder, Wind, Rain. Everything at once. Then I'll play the tempest sonata along with the storm. I will play it in the storm. Haha that will be amazing, isn't it?