and the countless musicians who will be inspired by, and build upon the legacy of his music.

She then
allows him a final vision; a vision in which he improvises with musicians from the past by whom he was
inspired , as well as musicians from the future, who will be inspired by him.]

16. A Last Illusion

[GHOSTS]

PRIUSQUAM PRAESENS
DAMNATUS SALVENS :
HIC HOMO NESCIENS.
QUAE FUTURA EST ?

EST PLANE VANUM?

MAGNIFICANDUM?
ERROR AUT SANUM?
O FORTUNA EST!
QUA?

THE PAST AND PRESENT

LOSS AND REDEMPTION
A MAN'S INTENTIONS
ALL THINGS YET TO BE

A LAST ILLUSION
TIME'S ABSOLUTION
FACT AND CONFUSION
FATE AND DESTINY BOUND

[Fate allows him to see some of the countless people who will be touched, consoled and transformed by
his music; a woman who has lost her husband and finds peace in listening to the Pastoral Symphony, a
child who is crippled forgetting his infirmity while lost in the Ode To Joy.]

[At the end of this last minute review of his life, he now realizes that the removal of what he considers the
most painful moments of his life also removes the inspiration for what he considers his finest work.
Change one thing and he changes it all.]

17. This Is Who You Are

[BEETHOVEN]

SOMETIMES
SLOWLY
TIME BRINGS REVELATION

WAITING
SOFTLY
FOR SOMEONE TO BELIEVE

THAT THE GHOSTS WE'VE HIDDEN OR LEFT TO DIE

HAVE NOW ARISEN AND WILL ARRIVE
TO SAY WHAT HAS HAPPENED
SAY WHAT HAS HAPPENED
SAY WHAT HAS HAPPENED