Listen to The Adagio for Strings when your pain is locked down so deep you’re numb and empty. This will open it up and let the sadness flow away from your heart.
Or listen to it when you’re happy and melancholy is something to enjoy because you can’t imagine feeling it.
Either way, this beautiful piece of music never fails to touch my heart, whether in joy or in sorrow.
This is how Leonard Bernstein must have looked while conducting this music. His face expresses what I feel when I listen to it.