Week 4 – Ten Favourite Pieces of Classical Music
In No Particular Order
This week’s project is a real treat. Drawing up a list of only ten pieces is not as easy as it sounds though. I often hear the guests on Desert Island Discs say how difficult it is to make their limited selections taken from a lifetime interwoven with their personal story.
I took the view that I would choose ten pieces which I personally cannot image never having heard. As though they had never been written. And what a loss that would be.
My Personal Choices
Concerto for two Mandolins in G Major – Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
Canon in D Major – Johann Pachelbel
Romance from The Gadfly – Dmitri Shostakovich
Trumpet Voluntary in D Major (The Prince of Denmark’s March) – Jeremiah Clarke
Elizabethan Serenade – Ronald Binge
The Humming Chorus from Madam Butterfly – Giacomo Puccini
Minuetto – Luigi Boccherini
Jerusalum – Hubert Parry
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana – Pietro Mascagini
Bella Figlia Dell Armore from Rigaletto _ Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
Change the Genre
The genre can be changed to reflect your own musical choices. Rock ‘n’ Roll, 1980’s, Swinging 60’s, the 10 best Number 1’s, Musicals, the music of an individual performer, group, band or a mixture of 10 pieces that resonate with you.
Music is Good for Us
It was a real pleasure to sit down and pull out pieces of music and just listen to them. Even though I have listened to these pieces many times, they are still wonderful. We are so lucky to be able to enjoy listening to music at the touch of a button. It would be interesting to do this challenge again next year to see if these ten pieces are still on my list. Or maybe I will find some new pieces over the course of the year. There is lots of lovely music out there to be discovered and enjoyed. So much to do .. so little time.