11/13/2023 0 Comments Best classical compositions![]() ![]() Seeing Disney's Fantasia just emphasises the music to me." " I close my eyes and can envisage the beauty of the countryside. " The most evocative, well-structured and powerful of Beethoven's great symphonies." " A wonderful piece of music playing the sounds of nature, the weather (rain and thunder), and the thanks from the shepherds." " I have always loved the sound of string instruments, especially the violin which I played when younger, and I have been extremely moved by Ralph Vaughan Williams' sweeping singing compositions, particularly 'The Lark Ascending' when it has been scheduled for funerals of personal significance."ģ BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral " Because larks are joyful and they helped me to decide to keep working in the country rather than in the noisy, congested city." We truly follow the lark as he "wings up the spiral stair" in a "song of light"." "An enduring favourite of mine as I think Vaughan Williams captures in music the verses of Meredith's lyrical poem so aptly. Vaughn Williams captured the rural life so very well." Whilst the music is quintessentially English it takes one back to a simpler way of life. I was cycling along country lanes hearing skylarks singing and watching them glide on the gentle summer breeze. "This piece of music takes me right back to those long hot summer holidays in the rural area of Stratford-upon-Avon in the late 1960's. An opportunity to reflect on the challenges and troubles facing people of this world right now and in the past."Ĭurtain Raiser: Find out more about The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace in this introduction to the piece with Brian Kay "I experienced a great presentation of this by the Dunedin City Choir. " Hauntingly beautiful… especially the Benedictus." Different moods emotionally demanding, meaningful." ![]() With the orchestral accompaniment it was such a thrilling work to perform. ![]() I find it uplifting & spiritually refreshing." It surprises time & time again, making it a fresh experience each time. "A lot of modern music has a "predictable" quality about it, not so "The Armed Man". It takes me to a place where I am in the moment, a meditation of imminence." How the world feels, in the moment of beginning - and ending. Voter comments about The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace included: Although commissioned by the Royal Armouries Museum it is essentially an anti-war work and as well as using the text of the Latin mass draws on texts from other religions. Continuing a trend of living composers taking out the top spot, this piece by Welshman Karl Jenkins dates from 2000. ![]()
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