Beethoven is Everything

The renowned conductor Arturo Toscanini once led a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in London. His mastery and the orchestra’s precision resulted in thunderous applause from the audience. At the climax, the first violinist leaned over to the second violinist and whispered, “If Toscanini criticizes us again, I’ll get up and push him into the pit.”

However, to their astonishment, Toscanini stood, overwhelmed by the music and the moment. He humbly declared, “Toscanini is nobody. I am nothing. You are nobody. The…