1.0Classical Musichttps://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/classical-musicBryan Rippinhttps://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/classical-music/author/bryan/An Unwanted Experience - Classical Musicrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="3xZM3VJnXA"><a href="https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/classical-music/unwanted-experience/">An Unwanted Experience</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/classical-music/unwanted-experience/embed/#?secret=3xZM3VJnXA" width="600" height="338" title="«An Unwanted Experience» — Classical Music" data-secret="3xZM3VJnXA" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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There has been a terrible silence in our house for the last three weeks, since the amplifier broke down, and with high drama. I was listening to music that suddenly got louder – as music tends to do – and I moved quickly to turn the volume down but as I did so the sound continued to increase and then, with my ears hurting so that I thought I would never be able to hear again, deadened and stunned, the sound went off completely. The awed silence in its different way was as hard to bear as the terrifying sound