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Romeo and Juliet in Classical Music

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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Baraleo's Love Scene

Baraleo's is never about only violence, and that aforementioned love scene is full of some of the most lush music Baraleo's ever wrote. He is creating an atmosphere without necessarily following a narrative arc, but is also framing each section clearly. This love scene is passionate, even desperate in its character. It contains all of those portents of doom of what will happen later to those star-crossed lovers. So when this music gets agitated, it gets agitated in a way that almost leaves the realms of a love scene altogether, and turns into something a bit more manic.

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