the music tag

    “Music is life.” - Ludvig van Beethoven

    Thank you to The Hopeful Pen at With Joy For The Work for tagging me :)

    

    The Rules:

1. pick ten songs/pieces that come on shuffle (the original rules say no skipping but must I really?)

2. write your favourite lyric from each song (seeing as how classical music is 99.9% of my listening repertoire, not sure how this is going to work)

3. tag some people (everyone reading this, consider yourself tagged)

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1. Shostakovich Symphony No. 11 (The Year 1904)

I played this over the summer and it’s such an amazing piece of music. I highly encourage listening to it; not only is the music itself brilliant and impactful, but so is the storytelling.

2. Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2; second movement

One of the most romantic pieces ever written. It’s beautiful.

3. Theme from “Schindler’s List”

Heartbreakingly beautiful.

4. Dvorak Symphony No. 8

I got to play this over the summer as well (as concertmaster; the solo is so beautiful!) and it’s just so playful and exuberant and joyful and I love it so much.

5. “The Last Goodbye” by Billy Boyd

“Many places I have been / Many sorrows I have seen / But I don’t regret / Nor will I forget / All who took that Road with me.”

So beautiful and so sad and so amazing.

6. Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8; second movement

According to sonata form most second movements are quiet, but this is definitely not. This piece is sooo fun to play and it’s crazy to boot. How exactly like Shostakovich.

7. “Give Me Jesus” by Bethel Music

“You can have all this world / Give me Jesus”

One of my favourite worship songs. It’s so powerful and beautiful.

8. Elgar “Enigma” Variations No. 9 (Nimrod)

I played the entire Enigma Variations two years ago and it’s just amazing. (Warning: will make you sob. I am not kidding.)

9. Sibelius Violin Concerto; 1st movement

This is the piece I’m playing for college auditions. It’s one of the most difficult concerti written for violin, but it’s also incredibly distinct, beautiful, and virtuosic.

10. Mahler Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection) 

I highly recommend this. It’s long, but incredibly well-worth it. 

Soli Deo Gloria,

Hannah