Pachebel’s canon - rediscovered.

My late DH and I walked out the church at our wedding to the Vidor Toccata, it was a big church!
I also love Pachelbel’s Canon, and Chasing Cars!
Some lovely suggestions on this thread. My mum had a lovely voice and I hear her humming the Humming chorus and lots of arias. They often make me sad, although she died 27 years ago.

nanna8

I have been listening to this recently. The more you listen, the more you hear it seems. It is very moving, written all those years ago, I think around 1690. Do you have any pieces of music or songs you have ‘rediscovered’ ?

Oh golly - that’s my favourite piece of music! I also love The Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns, Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus, which I recently belted out with the rest of the audience at the Proms!! Other than that I’m pretty much a Classic fm girl rather than a Radio 3 expert!

Yes Pachebel’s Canon for me - my daughter used to play it on her flute and also had it to walk down the aisle on her wedding day, but also Flying Free, Drop Drop Slow Tears, Bring Him Home and You Raise Me Up (the last two bring a lump to my throat just the mention of them)! Good thread!

Surprised no-one has mentioned Ode to Joy from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. It is just that, so joyous and uplifting.

As I said earlier, I do love Pachebel's Canon - I did like the remake used on the Amazon advertisement (the one with the girl filling her flat with plants) until I read the lyrics to the song - such an insult to a beautiful piece of music.

Oh yes grammargran, Ode to joy.
A fabulous, stirring masterpiece. Once you hear it you will be pomming all day long! DUR, DUR, DUR, DUR, DUR, DURRR, DUR DURRR ! 🙃

Some might like to listen to Radio 4 ‘s programme “Add to Playlist”. It takes a piece of music and links it to other tunes from all over the genres to see the connections.
Finished as a series, but all are available on BBC sounds.

I also like Pachebel's Canon and another great favourite The Flower Song by Delibes .
The Lark Ascending makes me cry with emotion .
And so do the arias from Madam Butterfly .
I have to be in the right frame of mind to listen to them .

Esmay

I also like Pachebel's Canon and another great favourite The Flower Song by Delibes .
The Lark Ascending makes me cry with emotion .
And so do the arias from Madam Butterfly .
I have to be in the right frame of mind to listen to them .

I Couldn't agree more Esmay. Thank you for reminding me of these marvellous pieces of majestic music.😊

I have a recording of Pachelbel's Canon which must be the best I have heard; it is at the right speed, and the music builds so beautifully, reaching a crescendo with one long violin note that makes cold water run down my spine. It truly is such a wonderful piece. That, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, and Bach's concerto for Two violins (Children of a Lesser God theme) have to be my favourites.

Another one I love is the Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana, by Pietro Mascagni. Wonderful!

I have very fond memories of happily murdering Pachelbel’s Canon when I played in an amateur brass quartet, 2 trumpets, euphonium and tuba. We loved playing. I’m sure our efforts were - memorable.

I remember lying on my bed one summer's afternoon when I was about 16 and Pachelbel's Canon was playing on the neighbour's radio in the next door garden. The beautiful tune wove itself around me so I turned on my own radio and managed to get the last few minutes and to hear what it was called by the programme's presenter. Magic ever since.

Thank you everyone.. I have just compiled a new playlist on Spotify as I read this thread.

Some years back Bring Him Home was the piece of music on radio 4s Soul Music. It was such a moving programme. One woman's reason for talking about and choosing the piece was heart breaking. I am rarely moved to tears but was.

Rosie51

HiPpyChick57 Sorry to say it goes on too long for me, and the piano part gets on my nerves eventually. Like the cello though. Good job we're all different.

Thank you for posting the link Rosie51.
Yes it does go on it’s over ten minutes long.
I get lost in it.
This is what I want playing at my funeral whilst leaving the church.
Yes we’re all different thank goodness and I know it’s not for everyone.
I’ve always had a liking for weird music. I used to love Clannard but my friends hated it lol

I also love Pachelbel's Canon. Re-discovered Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells recently!

I’d like Vaughan Williams and particularly his Norfolk Rhapsody No.1. It conjures up misty early mornings in the marshes and on the broads, the huge skies, and incorporates VW’s love for the folk songs he collected everywhere he went. Sublime.

I remember seeing a crowd thing where people in a cafeteria in a shopping centre sang Ode to Joy. It was wonderful.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=cxLbmnvMWM0

I was listening recently to an old episode of the BBC radio panel game My Music! where they play lots of clips of classical and traditional music as part of the quiz format. I often search YouTube to follow up on snippets that have caught my attention. One of the questions posed included this piece that I'd not heard in 60+ years and I was instantly transported back to my schooldays.
Purcell’s Nymphs and Shepherds sung by the Manchester Schools Choir.

It was either played to us from a gramophone recording or, less likely, we were taught to sing it ourselves.

Another My Music! follow up Luton Girls Choir - Count your Blessings

The Swan. Jaqueline Du Pre.
I can’t help but shed a tear when listening to it.
So so sad.

My daughter walked down the aisle, with her dad, to Pachebel’s canon. At the end of the ceremony she, and her lovely new husband, walked out to Love Cats by The Cure! That’s my girl

I also feel moved by the playing of Jacqueline Du Pre .
Her loss is a tragedy .
Watching a music programme ; I was reminded of the late great Kathleen Ferrier .Another talent prematurely lost .
But the list is endless :
Mozart at 35 .....

I've watched Face The Music for two weeks running .
What a truly fantastic programme .
It reminds me of so many forgotten pieces .