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What is the last piece of classical music you listened to, or just happened to hear ?

26 replies

WildRosie · 11/02/2023 21:19

Mine is Zadok The Priest by Handel. I expect we'll be hearing a lot of it come May, unless HM commissions a new coronation anthem.

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C1N1C · 11/02/2023 21:24

Maurice Ravel's Bolero

FadoFado · 11/02/2023 21:29

Fratres by Arvo Part

gluenotsoup · 11/02/2023 21:32

Kiss the Rain by Yiruma

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HirplesWithHaggis · 11/02/2023 21:33

The 1812, sharing with a young friend.

ghislaine · 11/02/2023 21:45

Rachmaninov piano concerto no 3.

Greenraincoat12 · 11/02/2023 21:46

Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor organ (gives me shivers).
@gluenotsoup just listened to kiss the rain it's very beautiful, I'm going to show this to my DCs.

DarkNecessities · 12/02/2023 08:35

Cavalleria rusticana

I love it and it always calms me.

PermanentTemporary · 12/02/2023 08:39

Yesterday I listened to Mark Padmore singing Waft her, Angels, Through the Skies (more Handel) and it is such a beautiful aria. [Puts it on again]

I finished the day listening to Promises which I guess is a crossover album, it gets listed under the electronic artist Floating Points and it's absolutely awesome.

GingerLiberalFeminist · 12/02/2023 08:41

Tchaikovsky 5th, we saw the London Philharmonic perform it last night

gluenotsoup · 12/02/2023 08:58

@Greenraincoat12, isn’t it gorgeous? !
My dd’s piano tutor introduced us to it and my youngest dd (7) listens to it a lot near bedtime as she finds it so peaceful 🙂

RosaBonheur · 12/02/2023 08:59

Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition".

Lessstressedhemum · 12/02/2023 09:00

Variations on Dives and Lazarus by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Walkingtheplank · 12/02/2023 09:01

Beethoven's 5th.
My teenage daughter had Alexa playing it as she got into bed.

Never happened before.

TitoMojito · 12/02/2023 09:13

Lacrimosa by Mozart. But it was on a funny video 😂

Girasoli · 12/02/2023 09:21

DS1 randomly sung a bit of 'Ave Maria' the other day when he came home from school.

Soozikinzii · 12/02/2023 09:48

Una fortiva lagrima sung by Pavarotti on you tube .

Bernadinetta · 12/02/2023 09:55

Heard Vivaldi’s Winter at school the other day, being played in assembly as the children walked in

Karwomannghia · 12/02/2023 09:59

Tchaikovsky violin concerto in D played by Nicola Benedetti.

GoldenMalicious · 12/02/2023 10:02

Concierto de Aranjuez by Rodrigo. It popped up randomly on my YouTube recommendations as an excerpt from the movie Brassed Off.

newnamethanks · 12/02/2023 10:06

Woke up at 4am. Put a Mozart collection on to soothe me back to sleep. Ahhhh. Man was a complete genius.

dubyalass · 12/02/2023 10:06

Beethoven’s 9th - if ever I need an energy boost I listen to that.

Shostakovich’s Waltz #2 and Khatchatourian’s Masquerade Suite (the waltz). Clearly I’m going for rousing rather than peaceful at the moment.

watcherintherye · 12/02/2023 10:09

Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite. Rehearsing Seventeen Come Sunday atm - I love it, but it’s fast!

Fairytoast · 12/02/2023 10:09

Clair de lune by Debussy. I am under a lot of stress and classical and jazz music always grounds me so I’m listening to this lots atm, as well as many other pieces.

UnattendedPotato · 12/02/2023 10:29

Balletto a 3 in G/ Albinoni. Not consciously chosen, just some London Baroque Ensemble in the background.

Tidsleytiddy · 12/02/2023 11:00

TitoMojito · 12/02/2023 09:13

Lacrimosa by Mozart. But it was on a funny video 😂

That’s a beautiful piece of music