Category Archives: music to love

even if it isn’t all written by him, it is great!As usual, yes, i have played in the orchestra – university of london – and sung in the choir – leeds festival chorus. And most noticeably written an exam paper to the dies irae in my head, and had to pause with the choir rests [evolutionary psychobiology].

dies irae one of my fav bits in any requiem tbh, and this no different, but it is all beautiful.introitus and kyrie, confutatis and lacrimosa, tuba mirum,

i adore this early vocal music. i love the harmonies, i love the modulations, and the gentleness and soaring qualities. did you get that i love it? here is the miserere – i had allegri’s earlier for a comparison! [which i love more. somethings are better known because they are better!] with leeds festival chorus, i had the marvelous opportunity of singing spem in alium in rippon cathedral – rather magical! A fantastic bit of elizabethan music. lets not forget vaughn williams fantasia either. anyway, have a wander round the tallis on utube!

such a naff rendition!! but..

and i always have to think hard about which has the R. many centuries apart, but i love them both

john taverner and Sir John tavener

yep, more mind to neutral music. i love these – bach’s cello suites. this one is played by rostropovich, who taught my sister. i have yo yo ma cd at home though, so this is the version i regularly listen to and love – its quite a bit slower. a bit from the second suite too. i’d recommend you flick through that you tube persons others in the series – i think it could be the same cd as mine of all of them! i like the talk around this though, it is the unaccompanied bach that floats my boat!

sh thought this was good music to choose to cheer you up. it made me cry – you know you are messed up when s club 7 makes you cry!

she did like doing the karaoke version with me though.

i adore this man and this music – what a wonderful world if i listen to this back to back for a bit it REALLY helps!

and a bit of satchmo and ella – summertime!

for a different summertime version. i enjoy heifetz playing i think he had a really light touch with the violin – ideally suited for gershwin, as really easy to be overly indulgent with the music – singers get away with it, the violin doesn’t! He arranged a fair number of gershwin’s pieces, and was particularly good at sounding like 2 violins! a violin hero of mine – click through some of the other links!
this also helps – i believe it is also a favourite of Jax – somewhere over the rainbow

anyone else needing a chillpill and a musical rescue remedy?

not very pc, but i was listening to jerusalem on classic fm, reminding me of this cd leeds festival chorus made whilst i was in it. it was good fun! so listen to a few excerpts! or youtube another version of jerusalem and i was glad

I love this bit of music. in this time of stress at work it is a perfect antidote! lots of lovely versions around, and this not the best, but liked the location – flick through some of the others! [that one prob best, but in 2 parts!]

this is exactly what i want after a hard day at work. i can relax into the fab baroque chord progression. Zadok the priest!! obviously its the build up beginning i love best!! an alternative is this, once i have already relaxed, as a bit more chirpy! Arrival of the queen of sheba