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sibelian

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42. :) I'm going to see it performed live in May!

Reply to SecularMotion (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 15, 2012, 07:51 PM

Feb 2012

I'm really excited!

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 OP

Bach's "Brandenburg concertos" Itchinjim Dec 2011 #1

Oh, that's BEAUTIFUL music! housewolf Dec 2011 #19

A surprisingly hard question REP Dec 2011 #2

It is very hard! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #6

Stravinsky The Rite of Spring SecularMotion Dec 2011 #3

:) I'm going to see it performed live in May! sibelian Feb 2012 #42

I've never seen a live performance SecularMotion Feb 2012 #43

Do you mean never an orchestra sibelian Feb 2012 #44

Never live Stravinsky - Rite of Spring SecularMotion Feb 2012 #45

Me neither! sibelian Feb 2012 #46

"The Moldau" - Smetana Old and In the Way Dec 2011 #4

Ditto! elleng Dec 2011 #33

I am, of course, jealous as hell. What an incredible experience that must have been! Old and In the Way Dec 2011 #34

It really was, and quite a surprise. elleng Dec 2011 #35

A true favorite of mine. I sing it when I get Mira Jan 2012 #38

Either D# or Eflat, I just can't decide. Scuba Dec 2011 #5

I find Maurice Duruflé, Toccata (from Suite Op.5) absolutely amazing. Gregorian Dec 2011 #7

The Mendelssohn Violin Concerto canetoad Dec 2011 #8

Yes elleng Dec 2011 #32

The Mendelssohn / I love it with my core. And did you know Mira Jan 2012 #39

5 years after your post but, Mendelssohn wrote 2 violin concerti pangaia May 2016 #71

Johann Pachelbel Canon in D Major 1monster Dec 2011 #9

a great Fiddle Tune entitled Koeller's Hornpipe appropriates the general theme.. 2banon Dec 2011 #14

I just don't know of anything as beautiful as this piece of music housewolf Dec 2011 #18

I have a Pakistani friend who was trained in Sitar and closeupready Dec 2011 #21

I can understand that housewolf Dec 2011 #23

An interesting story about that piece... regnaD kciN Dec 2011 #25

Winton Marsalis's version Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2012 #51

It shifts from one to another. Buzz cook Dec 2011 #10

Mahler 7 gets me every time. laconicsax Dec 2011 #11

That was my first purchase of a Mahler 7 performance. Great stuff.... NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #12

James Horner also ripped off the 2nd movement for Wrath of Khan. laconicsax Dec 2011 #13

tough choice....but gotta be Mahler....... dhill926 Dec 2011 #36

Wow..a single piece is too tough! Sancho Dec 2011 #15

I lve Tchai's 4th - also 6th - NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #16

Pachelbel's Canon in D Major housewolf Dec 2011 #17

Pachelbel's Canon in D always brings a special memory..... northoftheborder Dec 2011 #29

Oh, that's so sweet housewolf Dec 2011 #30

Dvorak's always been my favorite. If I had to pick one, I would say 'Slavonic Dances' RZM Dec 2011 #20

...and I'd have to go with the "New World" regnaD kciN Dec 2011 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author rdharma Feb 2013 #59

Dvorak's New world rdharma Feb 2013 #61

I also like Dvorak's New World Symphony Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2013 #66

I really have to say I think it's Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker - and anything closeupready Dec 2011 #22

Lately I'm enthralled by anything Le Taz Hot Dec 2011 #26

Such a beautiful thread -- thanks to all melonkali Dec 2011 #27

I know it's months later... FredStembottom Apr 2012 #47

Boy tough one. Guess I keep coming back to Alkan's minor key Preludes, op. 39. nt dmallind Dec 2011 #28

Moldau, Smetana, among others. elleng Dec 2011 #31

River Torridge - Fantasia on a Theme freshwest Jan 2012 #37

I was going to post Vaughn-Williams myself. FredStembottom Jan 2012 #40

Second movement of Beethoven's 5th piano concerto BeyondGeography Jan 2012 #41

Beethoven's 5th piano concerto is my fave nickinSTL Jun 2013 #62

No one has mentioned Mozart? Fortinbras Armstrong Apr 2012 #48

erik satie's Gnossienne La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2012 #49

Cecile Chaminade's Automne, 2nd etude, opus 35 aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #50

We've got a few Mahler fans...so one more... SwissTony Jul 2012 #52

My classical IceScar Dec 2012 #53

Welcome to DU and I hope you enjoy the site. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #54

Anything Benjamin Britten defacto7 Dec 2012 #55

Peter Schickele tried to parody Phillip Glass Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2012 #56

It's too bad you don't share my enthusiasm for Britten defacto7 Jan 2013 #57

Britten is just not to my taste Fortinbras Armstrong Jan 2013 #58

Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherezade op. 35 rdharma Feb 2013 #60

Cencored endesano Aug 2013 #63

If asked today, I'd say Beethoven's Cavatina Rstrstx Aug 2013 #64

I came across a nice adaptation of Mozart's Magic Flute in three parts Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2013 #65

Another Mozart piece, Concerto for Flute and Harp K. 299 - 2nd Movement Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2013 #67

Of course it always changes, but right now Toccata and Fugue in Dm "Dorian" sir pball Oct 2013 #68

I'm so torn. Requiem or the Ninth. sir pball Oct 2013 #69

I was just reminded of the second movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto #20, K 466 Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2013 #70

Not sure I can reduce it to one favorite, but Mozart is most of my top five. ManiacJoe May 2016 #72