288 | Max Richter on the Meaning of Classical Music Today

2718.128 - 2745.246 Sean Carroll

But that was interesting because you use the phrase speaks very directly and plainly. But a lot of the music is instrumental, right? And when you describe it, it's clear that... In your mind, there are often, you know, words or themes or things that could be expressed verbally that are attached to it. How close is that connection there when you say like a certain piece is about the Iraq war?