The narrator is getting goose bumps because he hasn't heard any live music in a long time. Elgar's march and pomp circumstance is the first piece he's heard, and it's a patriotic piece by a famous composer. The narrator doesn't know what it is, but he knows that Elgar was a "lonely old man" during the war, and that his music is "simple and classic." Elgar is respected as a "patriotic composer" by the people, and the narrator thinks this is a "wonderful song." The narrator's aunt, seiko, is also a musician, and she works for a "cultural business" related to music. She's not a teacher, but she's also not a good piano player, and so she should try harder. The conductor of the new orchestra is the last person the narrator sees, and he is the one who's making the orchestra from scratch.