Learning to play the piano began for me at around age five, and I was fortunate enough to be able to carry on with formal lessons until my last year of high school. My teachers mostly focused on materials from The Royal Conservatory of Music to help me prepare for exams, and though in some ways I wish my training had branched out a little to include other genres of music as well, my experience has given me a lifelong love of and appreciation for classical music.
One of my absolute favourite pieces is Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6. I wish I could describe with any sort of meaning or accuracy the way listening to this music makes me feel, but all I can do is grasp at a collection of words – triumphant, soaring, transcendent, powerful – then give up and let the music speak for itself.
What do you think?
I say it’s forty-five minutes and forty-two seconds of pure, unadulterated bliss.
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What’s your favourite piece of classical music?
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A beautiful piece of music. I like Chopin’s Waltz in A Minor.
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January 27, 2015
Is this the one you mean, Mel? Because if so, I need to get the sheet music and learn it. 🙂
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January 26, 2015
I can hear why it might be one of your favourites Laurel: it certainly is beautiful. I love Johann Strauss’s waltz music, Mozart’s Magic Flute, Chopin’s Spring as well as pieces such as ‘Ode to Joy’ and ‘Pachelbel.’ (I do not have the composer’s names and music memorized!) 🙂 <3
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January 27, 2015
There is so much beautiful music out there!
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Music holds a very special place in my heart. Having played clarinet for much of my childhood and through high school, I know I’ll never lose that love for a good song, especially when it comes to concert or marching band tunes!
I’m so glad you have a piano now too, Laurel 🙂
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January 27, 2015
I actually tried to learn the clarinet, but never could master it. It’s a beautiful instrument, though!
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Triumphant and soaring absolutely, Laurel. I kept picturing young girls in flower-patterned dresses and young boys in shorts and knee sox reaching the top of a grassy knoll and cavorting in the sunshine, freckled faces turned upward to the sun. Laughter, happy chatter, sounds of human happiness.
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January 27, 2015
What a lovely image, Sammy!
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January 26, 2015
Lovely! I kinda wish my parents had made me take piano as a kid. Oh well. I can still enjoy others’ music!
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January 27, 2015
Yes, there is always lots out there to enjoy!
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Beautiful!! I used to play the keyboard, but over a period of time I lost touch.
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January 27, 2015
You might be surprised at how much comes back when you try again!
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January 27, 2015
That’s such beautiful music, at once peaceful and cheerful. Oh and I love the piano because it brings back memories of school where we’d sing hymns to its accompaniment. Learning to play a musical instrument has been on my bucket list for long. Maybe on day… who knows, there’s time still.
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January 27, 2015
You never know! I hope you do get a chance to do so.
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