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“There [are] so many emotions in the piece, and so many states of consciousness — there's not one thing. There's an intensity of relationships that unfold over time.” Trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis talks about how Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 16 helped him understand the role of music — and the musician — in connecting the past and the future. Beyond his technical achievements, Marsalis relates with Beethoven’s ability to unflinchingly investigate and combine conflicting emotions and states of consciousness to create art that unfolds in time. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to receive a new episode every day or delve deeper into our companion playlist. Trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis is the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Did you like the track Wynton chose? Listen to the music in full: String Quartet No. 16, second movement by L.V. Beethoven