#Orchestral

A concerto is a splendid theatrical contrivance where a soloist parades an orchestra to validate a solo ego festival. Ostensibly billed as a dialogue, in practice it is merely a mask for justifying a one-man show. Through dramatic modulations and the interplay of tension and release, it manipulates the audience until it concludes with the ritualistic applause. The musical thrill evaporates the moment it ends, replaced by a hollow silence. What feels like shared ecstasy between performer and listener may be nothing more than a fleeting illusion.