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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?

TriciaF Sun 24-Jul-16 15:05:54

This is another favourite:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBkF_priCUE
Summertime - played on saxaphone by Olivier Franc.

KatyK Sun 24-Jul-16 15:00:17

Zadok the Priest. And Hey Jude grin

hildajenniJ Sun 24-Jul-16 14:35:12

The duet from Pearl Fishers by Bizet. I love the version sung by Robert Merrill and Jussi Bjorling.

ninathenana Sun 24-Jul-16 14:22:56

mrsmop I was going with the thread title
'piece of music' to me that means instrumental rather than a song smile
I did chose a favourite song.

Greyduster Sun 24-Jul-16 13:37:10

Elrel I listened to Bryn Terfel a couple of nights ago singing "Some enchanted evening". Another of my favourites smile. I have a recording of him singing Shenandoah.

mrsmopp Sun 24-Jul-16 12:27:57

Doesn't have to be classical, Nina, you can pick Rock around the clock if you like!!

Antjexix Sun 24-Jul-16 12:27:35

Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending is my favourite.

Elrel Sun 24-Jul-16 12:24:14

Greyduster, we need a like button. I 'like' the Coronation Scot!!

Greyduster Sun 24-Jul-16 12:20:54

Oh, and Brahms' "How lovely are thy dwellings". Sublime.

Greyduster Sun 24-Jul-16 12:19:15

Crikey! There are so many, but the one that gives me the biggest lift when I need it is Bach's Prelude in E Major played on the piano (preferably by Helene Grimaud). It is originally from one of his violin partitas, but it is Bach at his most vibrant, exuberant and sensationally uplifting. It will definitely be played at my funeral, along with Coronation Scot, to which I will depart this life's platform. ”The train now leaving platform three is the Coronation Scot....". smile

BBbevan Sun 24-Jul-16 11:34:48

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba. I am having it t my funeral grin

Elrel Sun 24-Jul-16 11:33:14

Amazing Grace. A Gospel Choir. The Leaving of Liverpool.
I'm off!

Elrel Sun 24-Jul-16 11:30:54

Some lovely choices here.
Mine? Maybe Beethoven Violin Concerto. Greensleeves? Mr Tambourine Man? No, it'll have to be Leonard Cohen but which song? Buddy Holly Every Day?
Or Bryn Terfel singing Shenandoah. Or Once in Royal David's City from King's College Chapel on Christmas Eve.
I'd better go and listen to some music! Can't even easily make a short list!

Lona Sun 24-Jul-16 11:28:59

I love Lark as well whitewave, instant relaxation, and also Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis.smile

ninathenana Sun 24-Jul-16 11:28:58

My knowledge of classical music is non existent. There are a few pieces I really like but I can't put a name to them.
My all time favourite popular song is "I heard it through the grapevine"

whitewave Sun 24-Jul-16 11:19:47

The Lark ascending - I want it played at my funeral.

But I have loads and a very wide taste in music.

12Michael Sun 24-Jul-16 11:12:34

My all time favourite is It Takes Two by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston.
Mick

GrannyO Sun 24-Jul-16 11:04:16

At the moment (going to lower the tone here) its the Go Compare ad, sing it often and when it comes on I join in with gusto and it lifts my mood instantly.

tiredoldwoman Sun 24-Jul-16 10:31:32

Ludvico Einaudi's I Giorno .

Granny2016 Sun 24-Jul-16 10:20:05

How do you choose one?

Anything by Rossini.

Moon River for my wake.....'.I,m off to see the world,there,s such a lot of world to see.'

bartonlady Sun 24-Jul-16 10:17:14

I mean Sailing By written by Ronald Binge! Not Blythe....predictive text!!!!

obieone Sun 24-Jul-16 10:17:13

Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
Shania Twain - I feel like a woman

Christian music - What a friend we have in Jesus

TriciaF Sun 24-Jul-16 10:13:47

Greig's Holberg Suite.
My favourite keeps changing.

bartonlady Sun 24-Jul-16 10:13:45

Ronald Blythe's Sailing By

Lona Sun 24-Jul-16 10:05:20

Bruch's violin concerto.