Which pieces of music do you find really moving?

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Was just thinking about this, and would be interested to hear what you all think.

There are loads of pieces that I find hugely moving. I was thinking back to when I watched Dunkirk at the cinema, and I found the version of Nimrod played on the soundtrack really moving. I (and most of the audience, I think) were crying a little bit by that point. I also absolutely love I vow to thee my country, although I know people think it's a bit controversial. I think it's probably my favourite hymn.

Beethoven, Symphony no 6 (Pastoral). All of it. Every single note. I fell in love with it when I was about 9 and have never tired of it. There's a part just after the storm and before the thanksgiving hymn that makes me think of the sun shining through the clouds.

Schubert's Unfinished. Haunting piece of music. The second movement made me cry when I first heard it.

Pink Floyd, Shine On You Crazy Diamond.

The main theme to the Lord of the Rings part 1.

The Titanic theme by James Horner.

Beethoven again - the finale of the Eroica where the main theme is played at half speed and opens out from a merry dance to a majestic, celebratory march. It makes my spine tingle.

Dvorak, New World Symphony, especially the Largo.

I will remember more...

The Linden Tree from Schubert's Winterreise. Not a dry eye in the house if you know what the words mean.

Moon River
Time to Say Goodbye
I Vow to Thee my Country
Bright Eyes
Edelweiss
The instrumental theme from Indecent Proposal!!

And the Book of Love by Peter Gabriel!

Someone up thread mentioned "Touch her soft lips and part" from Walton's music from Henry V.

Personally, I'd suggest from the same score.

Phillip glass violin concerto

What a great thread! So many but I also love I Giorno and most tracks from Eva Cassidy songbird. My lovely mum just passed 4 weeks ago. We had Suzanne by Leonard Cohen at the funeral. Don't really know his stuff but I intend on finding out as she loved him in her youth

Dance With My Father is also a real tear-jerking!

Swan Lake theme by Tchaikovsky (evocakes a number of different emotions simultaneously)
Brett Anderson- Love is Dead (if I'm in a melancholy mood)

Plus lots of the ones on this thread!

KityGlitr I was about to come on here and say Steven Wilson, and you beat me to it!

Wagner's Tristan and Isolde Overture and Nimrod - current obsessions

Julee Cruise - The World Spins (but really, anything by her)
Blackfield - Miss U

IQ - Human Nature
Steven Wilson - The Raven Who Refused To Sing

IQ - The Seventh House. I 'm not someone who cries at , for eg, films or books,, but I've never heard this, either live or cd, without crying

Also.. an odd one.. The Skye Boat Song. I think because my dad used to sing it when I was a kid and we had a wonderful childhood trip there. And he's nearly 80 and getting frail.. and this song always makes me think of him and I can't hear it without crying.

gets me every time. by Nizlopi.

And another Nizlopi one

A few years ago IQ played (live) The Seventh House with a backdrop of WW1/ soldiers footage and it was heartbreaking. Grown men blubbing. But what a beautiful song. It just kills me.

Blackbird - paul mccartney
Somewhere over the rainbow
Romeo and juliet love theme m.youtube.com/watch?v=TEVGLXVhhns

Til there was you The Beatles

Savvy love Suzanne too! Also Lilac Wine by Jeff Buckley, and his version of Hallelujah - it's bloody brilliant.

On your own & history - the verve
She's leaving home- the Beatles
Into my arms - Nick Cave
May I have this dance by Francis and the lights. I liked the song anyway but then it was on the Everything Everything soundtrack same with Let my baby stay by Mac DeMarco.
Go Do- Jonsi
Heartbeats - Jose gonzalez
One Last time - Ariana Grande. Can't hear it without thinking of the Manchester bomb.
I'll leave it there. I'm a massive sap, a lot of songs make me get emotional.

'Jean' by Clean Cut Kid...newish band that I'm in love with. I can't get through this without sobbing-it's very embarrassing at their concerts.
I tried to sing it the other day in the kitchen and managed to make myself cry even doing that

I love that Francis and the lights song!
I also like Everything Now by Arcade Fire-listened to it alot this summer and it reminds me of good times chatting in the tent at festivals and now moving house and a nice new start

Everything Now is a great song, you can't not dance to it, even if it's a under the desk jig at work ( might be just me) Creature comforts off the everything now album is brilliant too.

Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man

I'll have a listen to it Ronny, ta