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One Favourite piece of Music?

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mrsmopp Sun 24-Jul-16 09:36:13

Ravel's Bolero.

What's yours?

gettingonabit Tue 02-Aug-16 14:49:10

It's impossible to pick just one piece!

A pp has just reminded me about Barber's Adagio. It used to come on Classic FM when dd was a baby. I used to play it to send her to sleep didn't work, alas.

I don't think anyone's mentioned any jazz yet, so I'm going to go for Don't Know Why by Norah Jones, Feelin' Good by Nina Simone and So What by Miles Davis.

TriciaF Tue 02-Aug-16 15:35:23

Jazz - I forgot this one. Wynton Marsalis playing Cornet Chop Suey. Always livens me up when feeling a bit low:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK1UC-vCUZY

deMichael Tue 02-Aug-16 16:22:08

What more can a man tell his wife.........

... www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQDWayLiOEE

GrannyAnnie2010 Tue 02-Aug-16 16:37:56

'Charmaine' played by Mantovani and his orchestra. I always feel like a gull gliding around in the skies over a tropical island of palm trees and hammocks on white beaches.

matson Tue 02-Aug-16 17:10:31

Stairway to heaven by led zeppelin.

creativeness Tue 02-Aug-16 17:28:10

I agree with you Mick!

M0nica Tue 02-Aug-16 19:56:57

Beethoven: Archduke Trio

Greyduster Tue 02-Aug-16 20:56:00

Jazz? Anything by Oscar Peterson!

NanKate Tue 02-Aug-16 21:49:01

I too love Oscar Peterson Greyduster have you heard him and Keith Emerson play 'Honky Tonk Train Blues' you will find it on YouTube Music ?

We are real Blues fans and anything by the late great BBKing is brilliant.

andrea67 Tue 02-Aug-16 22:52:09

There is so much beautiful music out there, from Rachmaninov to Vaughan Williams to Gershwin to Elton John that I think Im very lucky to be able to enjoy it all, depending on my mood and inclination. I can get carried away by Rachmaninovs piano concerto no 2 , love Greensleeves by Vaughan Williams or Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin but Lucy in the sky with diamonds or Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles reminds me of carefree days.

andrea67 Tue 02-Aug-16 22:52:10

There is so much beautiful music out there, from Rachmaninov to Vaughan Williams to Gershwin to Elton John that I think Im very lucky to be able to enjoy it all, depending on my mood and inclination. I can get carried away by Rachmaninovs piano concerto no 2 , love Greensleeves by Vaughan Williams or Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin but Lucy in the sky with diamonds or Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles reminds me of carefree days.

andrea67 Tue 02-Aug-16 22:52:10

There is so much beautiful music out there, from Rachmaninov to Vaughan Williams to Gershwin to Elton John that I think Im very lucky to be able to enjoy it all, depending on my mood and inclination. I can get carried away by Rachmaninovs piano concerto no 2 , love Greensleeves by Vaughan Williams or Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin but Lucy in the sky with diamonds or Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles reminds me of carefree days.

andrea67 Tue 02-Aug-16 22:52:10

There is so much beautiful music out there, from Rachmaninov to Vaughan Williams to Gershwin to Elton John that I think Im very lucky to be able to enjoy it all, depending on my mood and inclination. I can get carried away by Rachmaninovs piano concerto no 2 , love Greensleeves by Vaughan Williams or Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin but Lucy in the sky with diamonds or Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles reminds me of carefree days.

andrea67 Tue 02-Aug-16 22:52:10

There is so much beautiful music out there, from Rachmaninov to Vaughan Williams to Gershwin to Elton John that I think Im very lucky to be able to enjoy it all, depending on my mood and inclination. I can get carried away by Rachmaninovs piano concerto no 2 , love Greensleeves by Vaughan Williams or Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin but Lucy in the sky with diamonds or Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles reminds me of carefree days.

andrea67 Tue 02-Aug-16 22:52:10

There is so much beautiful music out there, from Rachmaninov to Vaughan Williams to Gershwin to Elton John that I think Im very lucky to be able to enjoy it all, depending on my mood and inclination. I can get carried away by Rachmaninovs piano concerto no 2 , love Greensleeves by Vaughan Williams or Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin but Lucy in the sky with diamonds or Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles reminds me of carefree days.

andrea67 Tue 02-Aug-16 22:52:10

There is so much beautiful music out there, from Rachmaninov to Vaughan Williams to Gershwin to Elton John that I think Im very lucky to be able to enjoy it all, depending on my mood and inclination. I can get carried away by Rachmaninovs piano concerto no 2 , love Greensleeves by Vaughan Williams or Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin but Lucy in the sky with diamonds or Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles reminds me of carefree days.

andrea67 Tue 02-Aug-16 22:52:10

There is so much beautiful music out there, from Rachmaninov to Vaughan Williams to Gershwin to Elton John that I think Im very lucky to be able to enjoy it all, depending on my mood and inclination. I can get carried away by Rachmaninovs piano concerto no 2 , love Greensleeves by Vaughan Williams or Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin but Lucy in the sky with diamonds or Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles reminds me of carefree days.

andrea67 Tue 02-Aug-16 22:52:10

There is so much beautiful music out there, from Rachmaninov to Vaughan Williams to Gershwin to Elton John that I think Im very lucky to be able to enjoy it all, depending on my mood and inclination. I can get carried away by Rachmaninovs piano concerto no 2 , love Greensleeves by Vaughan Williams or Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin but Lucy in the sky with diamonds or Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles reminds me of carefree days.

andrea67 Tue 02-Aug-16 22:52:10

There is so much beautiful music out there, from Rachmaninov to Vaughan Williams to Gershwin to Elton John that I think Im very lucky to be able to enjoy it all, depending on my mood and inclination. I can get carried away by Rachmaninovs piano concerto no 2 , love Greensleeves by Vaughan Williams or Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin but Lucy in the sky with diamonds or Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles reminds me of carefree days.

andrea67 Tue 02-Aug-16 22:52:11

There is so much beautiful music out there, from Rachmaninov to Vaughan Williams to Gershwin to Elton John that I think Im very lucky to be able to enjoy it all, depending on my mood and inclination. I can get carried away by Rachmaninovs piano concerto no 2 , love Greensleeves by Vaughan Williams or Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin but Lucy in the sky with diamonds or Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles reminds me of carefree days.

andrea67 Tue 02-Aug-16 22:52:11

There is so much beautiful music out there, from Rachmaninov to Vaughan Williams to Gershwin to Elton John that I think Im very lucky to be able to enjoy it all, depending on my mood and inclination. I can get carried away by Rachmaninovs piano concerto no 2 , love Greensleeves by Vaughan Williams or Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin but Lucy in the sky with diamonds or Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles reminds me of carefree days.

Pollengran Tue 02-Aug-16 22:58:08

Mr Blue Sky by ELO. It still makes me want to dance around the garden every time I hear it.

gettingonabit Wed 03-Aug-16 12:44:34

Think we've got the message, andreagrin.

I veer from one style of music to another. One day it's jazz, one day it's Welsh hymns, another it's classical or disco!

I agree with Mr Blue Sky, though. Definitely a feel good tune, thatsmile.

Greyduster Wed 03-Aug-16 12:58:24

I was ironing this morning with Classic FM on and they played the second movement of Rachmaninov's second symphony, which I am familiar with but hadn't heard for a while. Not one I would even class as a favourite but it made every hair I had stand on end it was so moving. It has never had that effect on me before - there are only a few pieces of music that do. Peculiar!

TriciaF Wed 03-Aug-16 15:04:28

I heard that piece on Classic FM a few times and it always brings tears to my eyes. I've got it bookmarked on my favourites.
It was used for a romantic ballad Full Moon, and Empty Arms, Frank Sinatra, but I like the piano and orchestra much more.