To walk the 800 kilometre pilgrim's French route to Santiago de Compostela, to cross the 1,400 metre high Pyrenees pass named Napoleon's route in the first stage, to cover 20-30 kilometres a day, to carry your 7 kilo baggage all the way, is going to be painful endeavour. Doubts, doubts, doubts. Wondering if I could make it the whole way.
To help me along the route, I decided to add some more Bach's music in my cell phone. Mass in B minor, Matthew Passion, some cantata pieces most of which I mixed for my first grandson Thomas+. Will it divert my mind from the pain? Sure it will. But then this is a long route where you are pressured to leave the pilgrim hostels everyday with the exception of the sick, no matter the weather is.
Not all is church music in my phone. Of course, one will be in Spain, thus. Sarasate Obra Completa, Mompou, selected Zarzuela pieces, Spanish songs, Latin-American dance and jazz music. Speaking of jazz I have armed myself with a lot of Dave Brubeck pieces (it calms and make one self work more). This is likewise with Chopin and the jazz suite of Shostakovitch. Other favoured piano artists -- Tatiana Nikolayeva and Sviatoslav Richter I have them playing Well Tempered Clavier pieces. Now this is music to go.
