DD sang in a concert last night - what 'classical' music should I find for her to listen to?

[Katymac]

As she loved singing "Zadok the Priest"

Obviously I mean 'classical' in it's broadest sense

Thanks

[Katymac]

That's a good idea - I will do that, Thanks

But I was thinking (initially) about choral music

[Tommy]

my DSs love the Carnival of the Animals - not choral obviously but they like imagining the animals that go with the music

[TheDevilEatsBabies]

aww, my favourite one to sing was Zadok the Priest!

agree with Juhn rutter, but it can be a bit "childish".
try Charles Wood (O thou the central orb is briiiillliiiaaannnntttt) and Charles Villiers Stanford.

Handel's Messiah is a must as well.

[TheDevilEatsBabies]

have a look on www.themusicroom.com because they have a choral section.

[Lilymaid]

I loved the Tchaikowsky ballet music when I was young - dancing about the living room pretending I was a famous dancer! Lovely melodic music and easy on the ears.

[tvaerialmagpiebin]

Haydn's Creation is good too. Lots of funny bits and all about animals. Do you get performance channel or one of the Arts ones, they often have progs with explanations of the works inthem that she might like.

How old is she? there are children's choirs attached to cathedrals, not the choirboy type but more youth choirs, they do the church music style thing and often get to singin cathedrals etc.

Glad she enjoyed Zadok the Priest. And nathan the Prophet.

[franch]

Mozart Mass in C Minor

[Katymac]

She is nearly 12 & sang the Zadok thingie along with youtube this afternoon (which was quite bizarre)

I think I will have a look at the library to see what we can borrow

[choosyfloosy]

You can get great 'highlights of the Messiah' CDs.

Britten's Ceremony of Carols - a must.

Faure's Requiem?

Purcell's Funeral Sentences and perhaps Hear My Prayer - she might or might not like them.

TBH I feel quite differently about the music I have sung from the music I haven't - you know it so much more intimately. she might feel the same.

[choosyfloosy]

Verdi Requiem - the big guns?

[Katisha]

Bits of Carmina Burana are very well known

[luciemule]

Faure's requiem - beautiful, popular, moving and memorable and fairly easy to learn.

[CaptainNancy]

Mozart's Requiem.

Young Person's guide to the Orchestra?

[Katymac]

Thanks for these

[stakethroughtheheartofgold]

if she likes choral then thomas tallis, esp. spem in alium it's amazing.

[Katymac]

Fickle child that she is after weeks of adok we now have 'Beautiful Rain' a la Ladysmith Black Mombazo

[Jux]

Tallis, Victoria, Palestrina, Mendelssohn, Monteverdi.

Zadok is one of four anthems, so she could listen to the others as well (My Heart is Inditing is fantabuloso.)

Faure, oh boy there are SO MANY!

BACH!!!!!!! Cantata no. 11 (Lobet Gott), Mass in B Minor, Magnificat,

I could go on

[TipsyFairydifferentID]

although not choral,this is amazing. Bobby McFerrin and a solo cello with Bach/ Gounod Ave Maria.