25 Personal Pieces of Music
OK . I was tagged to do 25 random things when I have already done so. So instead I have a list of 25 pieces of music that have been important in my life for one reason and another.
1.The Laughing Policeman - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI1nPd7hezM . From Forces Family Favourites, a big part of my childhood.
2.Spectrum, Gilbert Vinter - a brass band test piece that I just LOVE
3.The Padstow Lifeboat, Malcolm Arnold - a brass band concert piece that is brilliant
4.La chi darem la mano, Mozart - I sang it really badly at school. Sorry Janice !
5.Wellington's Victory, Beethoven - I bought it cheaply and discovered orchestral music !
6.The myths and legends of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, Rick Wakeman - I went through a "clever rock" period in my mid-teens
7.This town ain't big enough for the both of us, Sparks - some of the rock wasn't quite so clever...
8.Cam ye o'er frae France, Steeleye Span - and some was folk-rock
9.Sweete birdes deprive us never, Emma Kirkby - a teacher told me of a free early music concert in Cardiff Museum and I will ever be in his debt. It was Emma Kirkby and Anthony Rooley !
10.Immortal honours, Gadsby - my all time favourite hymn / worship song
11.Matthaüs Passion, Bach - I borrowed this from the library in Aberystwyth and it brought me to tears
12.Beatus Vir, Monteverdi - sang this with the excellent Aberystwyth Bach Society
13.Symphonie Fantastique, Berlioz - very privileged to play percussion for this - it was WONDERFUL !
14.Fürchte dich nichte, ich bin bei dir, Bach - sang this, too. It's great.
15.Flute Sonata, Poulenc - Exam piece
16.Mi glywaf dyner lais - Welsh-learner in Cardiff. It was either this or Ar lân y môr
17.Flute Sonatine, Milhaud - wonderful flute piece I used to play with Steve the pianist
18.Chaconne, Bach/Busoni - heard in a free concert in Cardiff (music paradise) and immediately found my happy place
19.Appalachian Spring, Copland - also heard in Cardiff
20.Dumbarton Oaks, Stravinsky - Cardiff, too. Brilliant chamber music
21.Fantasia d-moll, Telemann - Also flute exam piece. I was glad to have likeable pieces to play !
22.Akhnaten, Philip Glass - all the operas seem to start the same way - ascending arpeggios in the bass instruments, but I like 'em anyway
23.Messe H-moll, Bach - the Credo in unum deum is surely the pinnacle of civilisation
24.Belshazzar's Feast, Walton - sang this. All bang and slash. Great fun. SLAIN ! This choice could have been the Berlioz Requiem, which we also sang in Chester Cathedral. Deafening ! I switched from bass to tenor, turned the page and had to hit high b-flat.
25.Turangalîla Symphony, Messaien - Not easy to listen to but very rewarding.
This is one of those Facebook taggy things, but I thought I'd pop it on here for all those wiser than I who eschew the delights of the volume of countenances.
1.The Laughing Policeman - http://www.youtube.com/wat
2.Spectrum, Gilbert Vinter - a brass band test piece that I just LOVE
3.The Padstow Lifeboat, Malcolm Arnold - a brass band concert piece that is brilliant
4.La chi darem la mano, Mozart - I sang it really badly at school. Sorry Janice !
5.Wellington's Victory, Beethoven - I bought it cheaply and discovered orchestral music !
6.The myths and legends of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, Rick Wakeman - I went through a "clever rock" period in my mid-teens
7.This town ain't big enough for the both of us, Sparks - some of the rock wasn't quite so clever...
8.Cam ye o'er frae France, Steeleye Span - and some was folk-rock
9.Sweete birdes deprive us never, Emma Kirkby - a teacher told me of a free early music concert in Cardiff Museum and I will ever be in his debt. It was Emma Kirkby and Anthony Rooley !
10.Immortal honours, Gadsby - my all time favourite hymn / worship song
11.Matthaüs Passion, Bach - I borrowed this from the library in Aberystwyth and it brought me to tears
12.Beatus Vir, Monteverdi - sang this with the excellent Aberystwyth Bach Society
13.Symphonie Fantastique, Berlioz - very privileged to play percussion for this - it was WONDERFUL !
14.Fürchte dich nichte, ich bin bei dir, Bach - sang this, too. It's great.
15.Flute Sonata, Poulenc - Exam piece
16.Mi glywaf dyner lais - Welsh-learner in Cardiff. It was either this or Ar lân y môr
17.Flute Sonatine, Milhaud - wonderful flute piece I used to play with Steve the pianist
18.Chaconne, Bach/Busoni - heard in a free concert in Cardiff (music paradise) and immediately found my happy place
19.Appalachian Spring, Copland - also heard in Cardiff
20.Dumbarton Oaks, Stravinsky - Cardiff, too. Brilliant chamber music
21.Fantasia d-moll, Telemann - Also flute exam piece. I was glad to have likeable pieces to play !
22.Akhnaten, Philip Glass - all the operas seem to start the same way - ascending arpeggios in the bass instruments, but I like 'em anyway
23.Messe H-moll, Bach - the Credo in unum deum is surely the pinnacle of civilisation
24.Belshazzar's Feast, Walton - sang this. All bang and slash. Great fun. SLAIN ! This choice could have been the Berlioz Requiem, which we also sang in Chester Cathedral. Deafening ! I switched from bass to tenor, turned the page and had to hit high b-flat.
25.Turangalîla Symphony, Messaien - Not easy to listen to but very rewarding.
This is one of those Facebook taggy things, but I thought I'd pop it on here for all those wiser than I who eschew the delights of the volume of countenances.
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