Then he starts this post-rock, post-metal, post-shoegaze, neo-AOR skyscraping solo project, which is pretty much exactly the sonic equivalent of his testicles' dark journey of recession into his body cavity, set to a breathtaking soundtrack of crying violins, delicate finger plucks, and primal moans born of a breaking, aching self.
This naturalness extends to the way Mr. Welch has matched the ferocity of his fast footwork with the delicate sound of the violin and oboe in Bach.
"Below the delicate line of the violin part," he recalls, "slender but robust, compact and commanding, he had suddenly become aware of the mass of the piano part beginning to emerge in a sort of liquid rippling of sound".
The delicate piano and spiralling violin conjure a sense of yearning sadness and soothing warmth, like a brother's hand on one's shoulder in a time of need.
Its full sound, booming bass and ability to handle the delicate strings of a violin wowed most of my co-workers.
A tuba isn't as delicate as say, a violin, but it is still quite prone to denting and scratching.
The result was a stronger, more brilliant tone in place of the delicate, intimate tone of the violin of the 18th century.
She has been on her own, more or less, since she was 16, and the violin in her delicate hands was bought for $175 on eBay by her music teacher.
In the adagio her growth from the poignant oboe solo melody through the rolling full-orchestra climax of the fish dives was riveting; in the variation she exemplified the delicate playfulness of the solo violin and, in the final circuit of turns, the orchestra's joyful excitement.
A hard case is important because violins are such delicate instruments.
