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The Roving Reporter Asks . . . SPACE STATION BABYLON 5, above Planet
Euphrates--Universe Today's Roving Reporter writes today from Babylon 5,
the station maintained by Earth Alliance in neutral space above Planet
Euphrates (more formally, above Planet Epsilon 3 in Grid Epsilon). As
ever, the Roving Reporter's task is to survey the Beings-in-the-Street
(this time, the "Beings-in- the-Corridor") for their answers to
the Question of the Day. Today's Question: "What is your favorite
piece of classical music from Earth?" JOHN SHERIDAN (Earth Alliance
captain and Babylon 5 commander): "Thanks to the good influence of my
second-in-command, I'm developing a taste for Russian music. Recently I've
spent a lot of time listening to Sergei Prokofiev's opera, *The Love for
Three Oranges*. It's luscious, ripe, juicy music." LONDO MOLLARI
(Centauri ambassador): "Johann Sebastian Bach's six *Brandenburg
Concertos*. Yes, all of them! As we say on Centauri Prime, all good things
come in sixes!" MARIAH CIRRUS (interstellar explorer, retired):
"Ever since I studied ballet as a little girl, I've adored
Tchaikovsky's *Sleeping Beauty*." G'KAR (Narn ambassador): "It
is one of my dreams to conduct a performance of Mozart's *The Magic
Flute*--especially if I can arrange to have the flute in question carved
from Ambassador Mollari's femur." NAME WITHHELD (Drazi diplomatic
staff): "Felix Mendelssohn, *Camberwell Green*. Half of time, love
it. Half of time, hate it." DELENN (Minbari ambassador): "Lately
I have taken a great interest in what you call 'long-hair' music. In
particular, I am drawn to Giacomo Puccini's opera, *Madama
Butterfly*." MORDEN (career planning counselor): "Hector
Berlioz's *Damnation of Faust*. It's a story for our time." SUSAN
IVANOVA (Earth Alliance commander and Babylon 5 second-in- command):
Tchaikovsky's *War of 1812 Overture*--I just love it when the cannon go
boom. Boom! Sorry, it's a Russian thing. BOOM!" LENNIER (Minbari
attache): "My people have become fond of Franz Liszt's *Triangle
Concerto*. We also like the Aleksandr Scriabin sonata *Soul States*."
ZATHRAS (time management consultant): "Zathras like *Eroica*, sixth
symphony of Beethoven. Third symphony? Ninth symphony? Sorry, Zathras not
very good with numbers." NA'TOTH (Narn attache): "Haydn's
*Symphony No. 39 (The Fist)*." NAME WITHHELD (Pak'ma'ra diplomatic
staff): "Only one? But there are so many pieces to choose from!
Rachmaninov's *Isle of the Dead*! Chopin's *Funeral March*! Schubert's
*Death and the Maiden*! All those Requiems! It's a musical feast!"
KOSH NARANEK (Vorlon ambassador): "Elgar, *Enigma Variations*."
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