Thursday Thirteen: 13 Classical Pieces I Like
We’ve been listening to classical music in the car on the way to work a lot lately. And so I have remembered various pieces that I really like. Here are some, in no particular order, and without the full names and such. (Yes, I know that I’m supposed to say it’s Beethoven’s 5th Symphony in C whatever, Opus # something. But I don’t remember all of that, and frankly don’t care enough at the moment to look it all up.)
1. Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo & Juliet” (possibly my favorite classical piece ever)
2. Beethoven’s 5th Symphony
3. Berlioz’s “Symphony Fantastique” (especially the 4th and 5th movements)
4. Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture”
5. Mozart’s 40th Symphony (and his 41st too, but not as much as the 40th)
6. Pachelbel’s “Cannon in D” (and if you know this piece at all and haven’t seen the Pachelbel Rant on YouTube, you need to go see it)
7. Holst’s “The Planets” (’Mars’ and ‘Jupiter’ only)
8. Bach’s “Sheep May Safely Graze”
9. Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Ballet” (sense a theme? I really like Tchaikovsky…) (and I’m not talking about just the Nutcracker Suite here. I mean the whole ballet. With or without dancing.)
10. Debussy’s “Claire de Lune”
11. Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” (I like this one for memories, mostly)
12. Ravel’s “Bolero”
13. Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” (also possibly my favorite classical piece ever… and I loved playing it when I had an electric piano. I’d put it on the ‘organ’ setting and crank up the volume…)
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Happy Thursday! What are your favorite classical pieces? I’m always looking for more music to listen to…
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