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YourClassical Story

Michael Gleason's affinity for classical music is 'cast in stone'

YC Story - Michael Gleason

It remains a bit of a mystery how music is able to convey specific ideas through abstraction, but for Michael Gleason, this question remains less important than the truth of the matter. Hear him explain the personal significance of one piece he first heard as a teenager during the Cold War, and again, as an adult in 2023.

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