Why is it that sometimes we listen to a song that really affects us? I often wonder if there are certain chord progressions or combinations of instruments that I enjoy. Of course, I'm too lazy (and busy?) to really figure out what they would be. But still, there is music that makes us stop and holds us captive.
Tonight I listened to a work entitled "Sancta Civitas" by Ralph Vaughan Williams. I love it. It would be a combination of the music and the weather (I'm currently enjoying a Minnesota evening with a beautiful, cool breeze). But it is an awesome work.
I fell really hard for Carmina Burana when I first listened to it as well. Fortunately and unfortunately, we are singing it at school right now. It's fortunate because I am learning the piece and will get to know it well for my future choral needs. It's unfortunate because that piece has lost a little bit of that magic. Maybe it will come back for the performance.
If done right, Sancta Civitas may not lose it's magic when performed. I felt the same way about "Gesang der Parzen" by Brahms.
And I also wonder what music really moves other people. So feel free to share.
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Thank you for asking the question!
This is in no particular order and this is simply what I can think of right now.
Almost anything by the current band Reign of Kindo.
The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha.
How Could I Ever Know from The Secret Garden
Beautiful Savior arr. F. Melius Christiansen
Almost anything by J.S. Bach, especially the B Minor Mass and St. Matthew Passion.
O Day Full of Grace arr. F. Melius Christiansen
Pavane by Faure
Fantastia on Greensleeves by Vaughan Williams
Bring Us O Lord by William Henry Harris
Beati Quorum Via - Stanford
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