Joshua Bell

He was 17 when he wrote it.

Yeah, so... So that was Mozart's idea of a storm.

And you might remember it from the stormy opening sequence of the movie Amadeus.

I don't know if you've seen that movie, but it's one of my favorite movies.

It's just a great story, but I also love the film because it portrayed...

classical music in a wonderful light.

When it came out, millions and millions of people bought Mozart records.

And many of those people probably had not ever stepped foot in a concert hall.

And that really goes to show that classical music really can reach everyone.

But unfortunately, classical music sometimes suffers from a bit of an image problem.

You know, in popular culture, classical music is so often portrayed as something boring or something for the elite or, my favorite, something relaxing, you know, that you listen to in the background while you're doing something else.

It reminds me of an ad from many years ago.

I don't even remember what the product was, but I really remember the tagline because it really struck me.

The tagline was, "'It's like Beethoven, but with an attitude.'"

So Beethoven doesn't have attitude?

Ah, yeah, Beethoven.

Beethoven knows.

You know,

Classical music is just so relaxing.

Well, anyway, everyone knows that's Beethoven's Fifth.