Is this a scruple?

[Soler]

I will be playing in a small, quite inconsequential piano competition tomorrow, where I shall be playing a Brahms Intermezzo. There will likely be a small audience. The issue is that the said intermezzo is a rather romantic, angst-ridden piece and I fear that if I convey this effect too much it might just cause someone in the audience to have sentimental or otherwise emotive thoughts, and that this would be the sin of scandal on my part.

This seems scrupulous, but I am having difficulty coming up with a logical reason why. Any thoughts?

 

[kage_ar]

Emotions are not sins. They can trigger sinful thoughts or actions, but, yes, you are overthinking this.

 

[Saintlucy]

No, it a gift. Music is a gift from God that only we humans can write and appreciate. However, I did once have a cat who absolutely loved Mozart, Verdi and Tchaikovsky and a budgerigar who loved Pavarotti and the Beatles.

Bird song is mostly to do with mating and terretorial things, although it can bring tears to our eyes with its glory.

 

[Saintlucy]

I posted before I was finished. Music is the closest thing to God. It is meant to move and make you cry and emote.

 

[NHInsider]

I will be playing in a small, quite inconsequential piano competition tomorrow, where I shall be playing a Brahms Intermezzo. There will likely be a small audience. The issue is that the said intermezzo is a rather romantic, angst-ridden piece and I fear that if I convey this effect too much it might just cause someone in the audience to have sentimental or otherwise emotive thoughts, and that this would be the sin of scandal on my part.

This seems scrupulous, but I am having difficulty coming up with a logical reason why. Any thoughts?

You misunderstand scandal - for you to give scandal, you must commit an evil act which in turn causes another to fall into serious sin (“spiritual ruin”).

Generally giving scandal means that your act causes someone else to reject the faith.

In the case you’ve outlined above, the effective playing of a beautiful piece of music is not intrinsically evil, and the emotional response to said piece, no matter how well performed, is not likely to be the rejection of the faith.