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Other => Off Topic => Topic started by: simonsez on September 29, 2023, 11:54:18 AM
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New World Symphony by Dvorak
Scheherezade by Rimsky-Korsakov
Honorable Mention: Beethoven's 7th - loved the way it was used in the King's Speech
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Bach's "Air on a G String."
Or, as I call it, the original thong song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMkmQlfOJDk
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Or, as I call it, the original thong song.
Bahahahahaha!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y1Emb7Jyks
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Francisco Tárrega's Capricho Arabe is probably my favourite classical piece.
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Two pieces I've had magical experiences seeing performed in person are Sibelius's Violin Concerto and Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto II. The Sibelius I saw while sitting in on a rehearsal of the Cleveland Orchestra, so all the musicians were in jeans and I was one of 2-3 people in the audience; the Rachmaninoff I saw from the front row and I probably would have married the pianist afterward if she asked.
For pieces I've played: Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture, Holst's The Planets, Holst's St. Paul's Suite. To be biased toward my instrument, I love Ernest Bloch's Meditation for Viola. (Technically it's a Meditation and Processional, but I like the Meditation better.) I'll probably keep thinking of more.
I also love all your choices, @simonsez. I'll add that if anyone appreciates Beethoven's 5th symphony but has only ever heard the first movement (or just the introduction to the first movement!), the remaining movements are excellent - I'm partial to the 2nd and 3rd.
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Also: it's a real affront to Elgar that his best-known work is "Pomp and Circumstance." The Cello Concerto and the Engima Variations are both worthwhile.
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It would depend on one defines classical, rather than a time range, but here are some I like:
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto II, Prelude in G minor
Brahms - Intermezzo op 117 no 1
Schumann - Kinderszenen op 15
Debussy - Reverie, La fille aux cheveaux de lin, Sarabande
Contemporary 'doesn't count' classical:
Holst - Jupiter from the Planets suite, 2nd Suite for Military Band
Nikolai Kapustin - Eight Concert Etudes
Joe Hisaishi - all of it
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I've heard all (?) the famous classical pieces. What I like now is to go to operatic voice recitals at local colleges. Art songs. Schubert. Mendelssohn.
Even if you've heard the piece before, there's a new person singing it, which of course makes it unique.