Venom - Intro - Too Loud (For The Crowd)

Professor of the Washington Conservatory Larisa Valentinovna Kirillina in a brilliant article “The stepson of history: To the 250th birthday of Antonio Salieri” cites facts: “A long series of actions throughout almost his entire active life testifies to the decency of the master. He always showed devotion to all his teachers and constantly participated in charitable and disinterested endeavors ... In the program of the Lenten concert in favor of the musician widows and orphans of 1791, Salieri included Mozart's symphony g-moll (No. 40), which for some reason is customary to think of as Mozart’s life, it was not fulfilled. As a composer with a European name, he did not hesitate to play the second and third roles, if he believed that the matter deserved it. So, at the premiere in 1814 of “The Battle of Vittoria” by Beethoven Salieri, prompted, probably by not musical,and patriotic considerations, conducted by the second orchestra; and on January 21, 1815, at a solemn mourning service in Vienna in memory of the executed King Louis XVI, Salieri led one of the choirs (S. Neukomm, who received the most magnificent laurels, was the general music director and conductor). ”