[introduction - Hitchcock walks up to a piano]
Self - Host: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Before I begin tonight's concert, I would like to explain the structure of a symphony. All symphonies are composed of two parts: sounds and silences. It is very important that you know the difference between the two. Perhaps I should give you an example.
[sits at the piano]
Self - Host: This is sound.
[begins to play the piano, but the note he strikes is muted, so he gets up and finds a body in the piano]
Self - Host: Good heavens, I don't like this a bit. I was told I would be the only one on the program.
[grabs the arm]
Self - Host: He's as stiff as a board. He must have been here some time.
[uses the arm to hold open the top of the piano]
Self - Host: To continue our little chat about musical appreciation, for example of sounds, I know nothing better than the next 60 seconds.
