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Pachebel’s canon - rediscovered.

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nanna8 Wed 02-Oct-24 01:45:00

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’ ?

MiniMoon Wed 02-Oct-24 10:04:02

I love the Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus by Vaughan Williams, its just so hauntingly beautiful.
Another favourite, and completely different is Highland Cathedral played by Andrè Rieu and his Johan Strauss orchestra.

Rosie51 Wed 02-Oct-24 09:57:26

I went to YouTube to listen again to Pachebels canon and one of my saved videos came up. This is Vivaldi and I love to watch this joyful rendition whenever I need to put a smile on my face.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Pn4usTSi8

The first video that came up for the canon was this one I'd not seen before.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvNQLJ1_HQ0

Aveline Wed 02-Oct-24 09:47:43

I recently found Pachelbels canon played very seriously by rubber chicken. It just popped up on my Facebook feed. I don't know how to post a link. Sorry. It was funny but nice too.

TerriBull Wed 02-Oct-24 09:43:43

Oh yes Clair De Lune another I love.that. Bizet's The Pearl Fishers was my mother's favourite, I think of her when I hear it.

Great thread by the way nanna8.

Elless Wed 02-Oct-24 09:40:18

I've always loved that piece and didn't realise that was the name of it - I've told everyone that's what I want as my funeral music but ironically it is used for many weddings.
I love Trois Gymnopedies by Eric Satie and of course Clair De Lune by Debussy.

Auntieflo Wed 02-Oct-24 09:39:47

Cressy Yes. Jussi Bjorling and Robert Merrill version.(sp?)
I think it was the first piece of music that stopped me in my tracks as a teenager
Though I have gone to love many more now.

Cressy Wed 02-Oct-24 09:32:22

Bizet’s Pearl Fishers

Indigo8 Wed 02-Oct-24 09:28:12

Bach Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. Russian Dance from Swan Lake. The Catalogue Song from Don Giovani.

harrigran Wed 02-Oct-24 09:13:57

Pachebel's canon is the ringtone on my landline 😊
A rediscovered piece was Liebestraum by Liszt when we were putting together music for DH'S funeral, it is beautiful but it makes me cry now when I hear it.

Sparklefizz Wed 02-Oct-24 09:03:45

So many to choose from - I love Pachelbel's Canon like so many others - also The Lark Ascending, plus Bach's Sheep may Safely Graze.

Nonnato2 Wed 02-Oct-24 08:57:09

Ashcombe

For me, it’s the Lacrimosa from Mozart's Requiem. I do appreciate the other pieces of music mentioned here, too.

I so agree- it’s beautiful.

Greyduster Wed 02-Oct-24 08:54:08

I have to say that I ‘rediscovered’ the Parry, which was always a favourite piece, when I came across a video of Paul McCreesh’s Gabrielli Consort and a massed choir from the Gabrielli ‘Roar’ programme - a training choir for young voices - when they were performing in Ely Cathedral. It absolutely blew my socks off!

Elegran Wed 02-Oct-24 08:50:22

If you liked "The lark ascending" you would also like "The Ashokan Farewell" Have a box of tissues handy.

TerriBull Wed 02-Oct-24 08:46:01

and these two: Rhaspody on a Theme of Paganini- Rachmaninoff and Nimrod - Elgar.

Oh and loads of Puccini

Esmay Wed 02-Oct-24 08:45:53

Songs of the Auvergne .
An exquisite piece of music whoever sings it .
My list is endless....

Clawdy Wed 02-Oct-24 08:11:56

Also love Lark Ascending, so moving.

Lovemylife Wed 02-Oct-24 08:11:52

We heard Miserere in a cathedral. The different voices were spread around the cathedral - it was beautiful. Some music is best enjoyed live.

Clawdy Wed 02-Oct-24 08:10:38

Farewell to Stromness is lovely, discovered it a couple of years ago.

Greyduster Wed 02-Oct-24 07:59:35

I have to say that the one piece of music I absolutely hate is Allegri’s Miserere. It goes on forever and is deeply depressing!

Greyduster Wed 02-Oct-24 07:54:39

Whenever I need a lift, I listen to Parry’s “I Was Glad” with full chorus and orchestra. I feel refreshed after it. I also like the second movement of Poulenc’s C sharp minor piano concerto. It’s the most erotic piece of music I’ve ever heard.

TerriBull Wed 02-Oct-24 07:50:35

Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana and of course, like others have mentioned up thread, Chasing Cars.

Ashcombe Wed 02-Oct-24 07:45:36

For me, it’s the Lacrimosa from Mozart's Requiem. I do appreciate the other pieces of music mentioned here, too.

Lovemylife Wed 02-Oct-24 07:43:03

I love the second movement of the Canon too. It’s so joyful.

TerriBull Wed 02-Oct-24 07:23:41

I love Pachebel's Canon fron the moment I first heard discovered it, whenever that was.

Grandmabatty Wed 02-Oct-24 07:18:54

Chasing Cars was played at the funeral of a lovely pupil who tragically died in a car accident. It was also played at the funeral of a much loved colleague thereafter. I find it difficult to listen to. I don't have any single piece of music - it depends on how I feel at the time. Fauré's requiem I love