Firebird. The recording was made with the Orchestra Simfonica di Torino
della RAI on October 17th 1969.
When I first listened to it I found it starngely short (I would have
said about 7 minutes). You can imagine that I was very much surprised
to find out (by looking on the CD's cover) that it really took 22 mins.
I felt in my head a disturbing question : "Where did 15 mins go ?"
This was for me the best possible proof of the relativity of time
wich I haven't ever experienced before (not even in a concert hall).
Mihai Popa
PS: Einstein once said :
"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute. It will seem like an
hour. Stand near a beautiful girl for an hour. It will seem like a
minute. That's relativity" -- I think he got close.