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Post by julesd68 on Oct 6, 2017 7:39:41 GMT
We all have some kind of emotional relationship with music but naturally some works pull our strings more than others...
In terms of music that can regularly move me to tears, as the film says,'there can be only one' and in my case it's Vaughan Williams 'Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis'. I would be at a loss to try and explain quite why I find it so affecting, but it does get me every time.
So what does the job for you?
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Post by pinkie on Oct 6, 2017 8:10:23 GMT
I'm a bt of a hard case, so I'll think on that. However, I'll call in a sub - my Dad
Now to be fair, he is a blubberer at the best of times, and as my sister put it "wells up" a lot at the moment. He has Parkinsons which is fairly well controlled by the medication, and postural hypotension (probably caused by all the meds he is on, and has been on), and is obviously a bit affected emotionally about being less capable physically. He is fit enough in a domestic environment, but can suddenly "wobble" if he over exerts himself - and a pretty modest hill , is over exertion. I persuaded him to let me hire a wheelchair so we could visit Carcassonne cite with my Mum and sister - and that took some diplomacy. So wobbly - physically, and emotionally.
My sister on their recent visit "found" my record collection and we played records for hours one day. Whilst she was into 70's and 80's stuff (Genesis, Floyd, Camel, Yazoo), I put on some Jazz and classical too
You guessed it I'm sure Jules
Cried like a baby at the 2nd movement of the Bach Double violin concerto - and on that occasion, so did I
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Post by MartinT on Oct 6, 2017 8:13:51 GMT
Richard Strauss' Four Last Songs, in particular Beim Schlafengehen.
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 6, 2017 13:01:19 GMT
I'm a bt of a hard case, so I'll think on that. However, I'll call in a sub - my Dad Now to be fair, he is a blubberer at the best of times, and as my sister put it "wells up" a lot at the moment. He has Parkinsons which is fairly well controlled by the medication, and postural hypotension (probably caused by all the meds he is on, and has been on), and is obviously a bit affected emotionally about being less capable physically. He is fit enough in a domestic environment, but can suddenly "wobble" if he over exerts himself - and a pretty modest hill , is over exertion. I persuaded him to let me hire a wheelchair so we could visit Carcassonne cite with my Mum and sister - and that took some diplomacy. So wobbly - physically, and emotionally. My sister on their recent visit "found" my record collection and we played records for hours one day. Whilst she was into 70's and 80's stuff (Genesis, Floyd, Camel, Yazoo), I put on some Jazz and classical too You guessed it I'm sure Jules Cried like a baby at the 2nd movement of the Bach Double violin concerto - and on that occasion, so did I Ah yes, the Bach double, I thought that might be the culprit!  The Bach that gets me going is the Partita no2 played by Kyung-Wha Chung - magical stuff ... The irony is that I found your post very moving indeed and I started welling up. My father suffered from Parkinsons for the last 20 years or so of his life, so I know exactly the trials you have been facing. I still find it difficult now and again thinking about it to this day. Thankfully I believe the meds are better these days and the research is getting closer and closer to a cure. |
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Post by Tim on Oct 9, 2017 11:11:52 GMT
Mahler 9 - IV. Adagio. Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend Those violins just make my spine tingle everytime and live I shed tears of pure joy. Nothing does it quite like that adagio. Comfortably Numb performed well live by DG can bring a tear of joy too. Luckily I've seen him do it a fair few times. Apart from that, a full Welsh crowd singing in the Arms Park, National Stadium, Millennium Stadium or Principality Stadium (whatever) - the name/site changes, but the voices still raise the hairs on the back of your neck. Slightly off topic for the last two, but what the heck eh?  |
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Post by MartinT on Oct 9, 2017 12:21:59 GMT
Mahler 9 - IV. Adagio. Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend . . Comfortably Numb performed well live by DG can bring a tear of joy too. Luckily I've seen him do it a fair few times. It's *that moment* in the first movement - the moment of utter despair - that gets me going in Mahler's 9th. As for DG performing Comfortably Numb live, yes he really does do it well and I've experienced it a few times, including a guest appearance for Roger Waters which was very special. |
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Post by Slinger on Oct 9, 2017 12:54:39 GMT
The Byrds - Ballad of Easy Rider
Rod Stewart - The First Cut Is The Deepest.
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 9, 2017 18:25:32 GMT
The Byrds - Ballad of Easy Rider Rod Stewart - The First Cut Is The Deepest. Best track The Byrds ever did by a long way. Rod's done a lot good toons |
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