Music that makes you cry, soar, feel alive...

[Daniel]

There is one such piece that makes me feel all of these things, written by the British composer Gerald Finzi for piano and string orchestra.

It captures how I feel about growing older, love and friends, partings, comings and goings, releasing old wounds, finding new joys, giving and receiving. It reminds me- in a language without words- that life is one vast circle, to be enjoyed, savored and lived- now.

Yes- I am an utter romantic. And so is the music.

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Perhaps you have a piece you'd like to share.

[keltic63]

Salvation is Created by Paul Tchesnokov:

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Copland: the Promise of Living

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IUP Marching Band: Amazing Grace, and yes, this is my daughter conducting at the left end of the field, the videographer focuses on her a good bit

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[paul]

Oh gee, where do I start.

Daniel, you have my number completely on music that makes me cry... seems we are on the same wave length there (please email me your list of cry music at your earliest possible convenience. :lol:). Top pick on that note is the Durufle' Requiem (told you so).

Moving on to music that makes me feel alive. Steve reminds me of one with his selection from Copeland, "Fanfare for the Common Man" is moving and makes something rise up in me.

One of my all time favorites for making me almost giddy with feeling alive is Sergei Prokofiev's "Troika"

http://ckuik.com/Lieutenant%20Kije%20Suite%20-%20Serge%20Prokofiev

[Daniel]

Oh gee, where do I start.

Daniel, you have my number completely on music that makes me cry... seems we are on the same wave length there (please email me your list of cry music at your earliest possible convenience. :lol:). Top pick on that note is the Durufle' Requiem (told you so).

Moving on to music that makes me feel alive. Steve reminds me of one with his selection from Copeland, "Fanfare for the Common Man" is moving and makes something rise up in me.

One of my all time favorites for making me almost giddy with feeling alive is Sergei Prokofiev's "Troika"

http://ckuik.com/Lieutenant%20Kije%20Suite%20-%20Serge%20Prokofiev

Ain't that Finzi piece just a heartbreaker? (Well....you and I think so anyway! :lol:)

If I had to make a list it could come near the top with your already mentioned Durufle Requiem and was as the Faure Requiem. Both knock me over everytime I hear them. The Verdi Requiem too.

What is it about Requiems? Death? Endings? The unknown? Boy..they push us over the edge, don't they?

Another piece that can make me cry is Barber's Adagio for Strings. And there are pieces by Arvo Part that have the same effect. The Utube version is conducted by Raymond Leppard.

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What makes me feel alive? I have one piece for that. The Trio from Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier. It can make me cry too! :D Here sung by Kiri te kanawa, Anne Howells & Barbara Bonney.

It is exquisite!

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[Zerbie]

Daniel, do you know who is conducting the Rosenkavalier trio?

[Daniel]

Daniel, do you know who is conducting the Rosenkavalier trio?

Zerbie- the original page at Utube does not indicate a conductor, though you might try contacting the person who uploaded the video file.

Here is the original link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WIscFQy1CQ

[Daniel]

What wonderful and moving pieces, Keltic and U-dog.

Keltic- I had fogotten about the Tchesnokov and Copland pieces: they go back to my High School teaching days and even earlier. How wonderful to know that these works are still alive and kicking. Man. That does my heart good knowing that.

And Steve, your daughter is dyamite!

For me, it is all about the power of music- which brings healing.

And what a beautiful piece U-dog! And the graphics that go with it are great too. What a wonderful message.

I'd like to add my own idyosncratic piece from Grey Gardens (B'way musical) here, though I do need to say some words about it to give it context.

The song portrays a woman who is trapped in her mothers crumbling house out on Long Isand. She is like many caregivers- hard pressed to have here own life and love- and the pain that she expresses is the pain that all those who feel trapped by circumstance feel.

The dialogue in the song was taken from the documentary that was made about two women in just such a house- a house called Grey Gardens. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Gardens They were related to Jackie Onassis, and having wealth at one time, had fallen on hard times.

Here, Christine Ebersole (who played the roles of both daugher and mother in the musical) sings of her memorabilia that connects her to world- the one she will never get to have. Sad? Yes. But very beautiful too. You have to see the actual musical or film to appreciate it, but I think this concert version will give you a taste of the sense of longing and love that lie hidden beneath the surface. Makes me cry for all of us who never will realize our dreams and desires.

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[Daniel]

Something completely different.

Steve got his 'rings' a while ago, and having the kind of mind that I have, of course I started thinking about other rings when I read through his thread tonight, one being Wagner's Ring Cycle.

Yes- us singers don't think like other people. Must be all that empty space we have for resonance. ;)

I must admit that I always thought I would hate Wagner, that is, until I actually hear his music sung by really good singers. Yes- this kind of music is an acquired taste perhaps. But if one listens closely, there is much beauty and transcendance to be heard. The young listener will be struck by one thing: it's SLOW. And our world today is pretty fast. So it takes some getting used to. Means slowing down a little bit.

I wish I could say that I heard the singer in the following ubtube selection 'live'. However, she died long before I was born- and how I wish I could go back in time to hear her. She has been credited with having the greatest voice of the 20th Century- even surpassing that of Caruso. But of course, you will never get a tenor to agree to that! :lol:

Her name is Kirsten Flagstad- a Norwegian Dramatic Soprano. And here she is singing Waqner's Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde (London 1948). The voice, during her own time, was characterized as being oceanic.

Gives me goose-bumps.

Those who want to know more about the work, composer and singer can look here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsten_Flagstad




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Translation of German text:


Softly and gently, see him smiling
How the eyes that open fondly,
see it Friend?
Don’t you see?
Ever lighter, how he’s shining
Borne on high amongst the stars?
Don’t you see?
How his heart so bravely swells
Full and calm it throbs in his breast?
As from lips so joyfully mild,
sweet the breath that softly stirs
Friends! Look!
Don’t you feel and see it?
It is only I that hear this way
So wondrous and gentle
Joyously sounding, telling all things,
reconciling
Sounding from him, penetrating me,
rising upward swinging on itself
Echoes fondly around me ringing
Ever clearer, wafting round me,
are they waves of gentle breezes?
Are they clouds of gladdening sweet fragrance?
As they swell and murmur round me,
shall I breathe them, shall I listen?
Shall I sip them, plunge beneath them?
Breathe my last amid their sweet smell?
In the billowy surge,
in the gush of sound
In the World’s Spirit’s, Infinite All
To drown now, sinking, unconscious, void of all thought
Highest Bliss/Desire!

[Zerbie]

Oh Danny, I will thoroughly enjoy that - thanks for posting!!

Flagstad was my husband's mother's favorite singer.

And hubby has quite an enthusiasm for Wagner. Some day when the 4 of us finally get together over dinner, you can discuss Wagner to your heart's content. Hubby can go on about Wagner for hours -- that is not exaggeration. I've seen him do it.

I wasn't keen on Wagner myself until our honeymoon. B. got us tix to Tristan at the Wiener Staatsoper with Voight and Moser, Thielemann conducting. WOW!!!!!!!!!

Personally, what really breaks my heart is the scene (is it in Walküre?) where Wotan says goodbye to Brunnhilde, and puts her to sleep inside the fire. That daddy saying goodbye to little girl idea just kills me!

And I cry when Brunnhilde tells Sieglinde she's pregnant and Sieglinde sings "Heiliges Wunder." I just. Cry.

[Daniel]

Oh Danny, I will thoroughly enjoy that - thanks for posting!!

Flagstad was my husband's mother's favorite singer.

Interesting. And she probably heard her live. I am so jealous!

And hubby has quite an enthusiasm for Wagner. Some day when the 4 of us finally get together over dinner, you can discuss Wagner to your heart's content. Hubby can go on about Wagner for hours -- that is not exaggeration. I've seen him do it.

I look forward to that!

I wasn't keen on Wagner myself until our honeymoon. B. got us tix to Tristan at the Wiener Staatsoper with Voight and Moser, Thielemann conducting. WOW!!!!!!!!!

Personally, what really breaks my heart is the scene (is it in Walküre?) where Wotan says goodbye to Brunnhilde, and puts her to sleep inside the fire. That daddy saying goodbye to little girl idea just kills me!

I think you mean the famous "Leb wohl,du kunhes, herrliches Kind" from Die Walkure which I include below. LOL I have always wanted to sing this aria, but it isn't my voice at all. In my dreams!

And I cry when Brunnhilde tells Sieglinde she's pregnant and Sieglinde sings "Heiliges Wunder." I just. Cry.

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Die Walkure, from Bayreuth 1976, recorded 1980. Donald McIntyre as Wotan, Gwyneth Johnes as Brunhilde. Conducted by Pierre Boulez, directed by Patrice Chéreau.

It's one of the great moments in opera. Ah....sigh.....

[pnggrad79]

Gotta love gay men and( Zerbie of course)and their musicals/arias/operas, etc...

I love whoever wrote the instrumental intro to Rich Mullins, "Sing Your Praise To The Lord", and a lot of others that I have no clue as to where they come from but they are lovely to listen to and lift my spirits.

[pnggrad79]

Salvation is Created by Paul Tchesnokov:

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Copland: the Promise of Living

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IUP Marching Band: Amazing Grace, and yes, this is my daughter conducting at the left end of the field, the videographer focuses on her a good bit

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Keltic, it definitely is in the genes. Y'know, with our offspring maybe it was a good thing we were in straight marriages for a time. That is the only good thing I can think about mine anyway. Your daughter did a beautiful job and I know you are proud as punch. BTW, does Scott have children?

[keltic63]

Keltic, it definitely is in the genes. Y'know, with our offspring maybe it was a good thing we were in straight marriages for a time. That is the only good thing I can think about mine anyway. Your daughter did a beautiful job and I know you are proud as punch. BTW, does Scott have children?

Scott has 4 boys (no Brady Bunch jokes please!) and his oldest turns 18 tomorrow and graduated Friday evening. 15yo, and twin 13yo's round out that family. I've got the oldest Stormie, and the youngest, Sawyer who will be 10 this summer. Sterling is 19.

[royalartisan]

I like...

"Fix You" - Coldplay
"Be Good to Yourself" - Journey
"Dies Irae" - Mozart
"Lean on Me" - Al Green
"Fanfare of the Third Planet"
"That Old Black Magic" - Louis Prima and Keely Smith
"Milord" - Edith Piaf
"La Vie en Rose" - Edith Piaf
"Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher" - Jackie Wilson
"Fools Rush In" - Elvis Presley
"Devil in Disguise" - Elvis Presley
"Endlessly" - MUSE
"May it Be" - Enya from LOtR
"Far From the Home I Love" - from Fiddler on the Roof
"Tevye's Dream" - from Fiddler on the Roof
"Sabbath Prayer" - from Fiddler on the Roof
"So Long Dearie" - from Hello, Dolly!
"Put On Your Sunday Clothes" - from Hello, Dolly!
"Oh What a Night" - Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons
"Moonlight Sonata" - Mozart
"Chatanooga Choo Choo" - Glenn Miller and the Andrews Sisters
"Stepping Out Tonight" - The Andrews Sisters
"Tico, Tico" - The Andrews Sisters
"Rum and Coca-Cola" - The Andrews Sisters
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" - The Andrews Sisters
"Jump, Jive 'n Wail" - Brian Setzer and His Orchestra
"Welcome to the Sixties" - from Hairspray
"You Can't Stop the Beat" - from Hairspray
"I Know Where I've Been"- from Hairspray
"Love's Divine" - Seal
"The Tapioca" - from Thoroughly Modern Millie
"The Saga of Jenny" - from Star! w/Julie Andrews , originally from Lady in the Dark w/Gertrude Lawrence
"Has Anybody Seen Our Ship?" - Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence
"Get Happy" - Judy Garland (Summer Stock)
"Maybe This Time" - Cabaret (Liza)
"Happy Days Are Here Again" - Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland
"Blue Skies" - Irving Berlin
"Forget Domani" - Frank Sinatra
"Black Water" - The Doobie Brothers
"Listen to the Music" - The Doobie Brothers
"You're Still the One" - The Doobie Brothers
"Long Trains Runnin'" - The Doobie Brothers
"Unchained Melody" - The Righteous Brothers
"Red Sails in the Sunset" - The Platters
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" - The Platters
"Twilight Time" - The Platters
"We'll Meet Again" - Doris Day
"Why Don't You Do Right?" - Peggy Lee w/Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
"Sway" - Perez Prado and Rosemary Clooney
"I Only Have Eyes For You" - Rosemary Clooney
"If My Friends Could See Me Now" - Shirley Maclaine from Sweet Charity
"The Rhythm of Life" - Sammy Davis, Jr. from Sweet Charity
"For Good" - from Wicked
"Steppin' Out With My Baby" - Fred Astaire
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" - The Beatles
"Run For Your Life" - The Beatles
"Blackbird" - Paul McCartney (and the Beatles)
"Let it Be" - The Beatles
"It's Getting Better All the Time" - The Beatles
"Crimson and Clover" - Tommy James and the Shondells
"Draggin' the Line" - Tommy James and the Shondells
"Stuck in the Middle With You" - Stealer's Wheel
"Build Me Up Buttercup"



There are so many big band and swing songs out there....they really get me dancing !! I feel like I could totally fly.....

Anyway.....

I love those songs....each one of them affects me a great deal....

[Zerbie]

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Die Walkure, from Bayreuth 1976, recorded 1980. Donald McIntyre as Wotan, Gwyneth Johnes as Brunhilde. Conducted by Pierre Boulez, directed by Patrice Chéreau.

It's one of the great moments in opera. Ah....sigh.....

Yes. That part. The music alone makes me cry. I just cried twice. :'(

But - arghhhhhhh!!! It cuts off mid-phrase (orchestral phrase I mean,) right before the fire scene. Heheh, I LOVE Wotan summoning the fire. :p

[pnggrad79]

Scott has 4 boys (no Brady Bunch jokes please!) and his oldest turns 18 tomorrow and graduated Friday evening. 15yo, and twin 13yo's round out that family. I've got the oldest Stormie, and the youngest, Sawyer who will be 10 this summer. Sterling is 19.

OK no brady bunch jokes, but it is apparent that Scott had some problems coming out as well. We should write a book on being a gay parent and blending families. Does Scott's kids live with ya'll or is there a visitation arrangement? Have any pics?:)

[Matt Algren]

I bought Eric Peters' album Scarce Sunday night on someone's recommendation, and it's pretty good. One song keeps pulling me back. I'm wearing out the back button on my iPod.

I was looking for the lyrics online, and while I couldn't find them (I'll transcribe them later; they're just too beautiful not to put here), I did find a blog with the track online.

Go here (http://brodyharper.com/2008/04/13/eric-peters-tomorrow/) to listen to the song Tomorrow by Eric Peters. (Ben Shive on piano.)
Go here (https://store.rabbitroom.com/index.aspx#/details/5d615438-dc87-4087-bd22-91e44edd2bd3) to buy the album from the Rabbit Room.

edit: Lyrics below.

Wake me up when today is over,
For I cannot bear the noise.
Put me to sleep in silent whispers
Inside of God's own voice.
Is this the feeling of redemption
Or the shoulders of despair?
And since I fear tomorrow
Please come and meet me there.

Angel of tomorrow,
Say a prayer tonight
When we find ourselves alone
Afraid of being known
And holding on for life.

Like a dream that comes to haunt you
And you've nowhere left to hide.
God collect the tears like water
And turn them into wine.
After all the noise is gone
Like prayers left to die,
I scarce can take it in
So where do I begin
To trust you in my life?

Angel of tomorrow,
Say a prayer tonight
When I find myself alone
Afraid of being known
And holding on for life.

It's a paralyzing fear
Cold to the touch
Yet so sincere

Angel of tomorrow,
Please say a prayer tonight
When we find ourselves alone
Afraid of being known
And holding on for life.

Afraid of being known

And holding on for life.

[matthewspeed]

A song that touches my heart is the theme from Titanic (Celine Dion)

I know, I know, it is not an extraordinary piece and it is commercial, but I can't help it. I am a sucker for romance and the movie was so romantic. I just love that song. It is so mysterious and just plain romantic!!

I do love all types of music. I love classical music, but I couldn't tell you the writer or name of a particular classical peice I am listening to. I am not that smart, I guess. I just know what I like to hear.

Keltic music just sweeps me away. It gives me peace and seems to bring harmony into my life for a moment. :)

[keltic63]

Keltic music just sweeps me away. It gives me peace and seems to bring harmony into my life for a moment. :)


thank you, but I didn't know you've ever heard me play......














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[matthewspeed]

thank you, but I didn't know you've ever heard me play......



Keltic,

Yes, Keltic, you sweep me away!! Now, please understand, I realize you are spoken for, just had to say it!! Couldn't resist! :)