Nina Conti
Classical Fix
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The Man Who Wrote the Original Theme, a Vesper by Esther Maggie
There's a realy famous story of paganini, the man who wrote the original theme. He is said that he could play the violin so well at the time that people thought he had a pact with the devil. Not many of his pieces survived. A lot of his manuscripts were left and destroyed during the water uprising. And this is a vesper, and it's by esther maggie, and it was written in 19 90. I mean, iis what artists secretly wish for themselves in their darkest moments, was, if only i was dying, i might actually do let's move on to your next piece then,.
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