andrewneils:

o for “oh” moment » chosen by @dreamtheif​

↳ he switches to an alexander scriabin sonata, winking over at alex at the composer’s first name. the andante—the third movement—is his favorite, he explains, because he read once that it was written to evoke the image of a castle in ruins, which he found darkly funny at the time. he goes quiet, focused, lost in the piece for long minutes. then, without warning, it changes again, turbulent chords circling back into something familiar—the elton john songbook.