March 2021 Playlist
“NO MATTER HOW LONG THE WINTER, SPRING IS SURE TO FOLLOW”
This month I'm sharing some of my favourite orchestral works with you. The list includes pieces from ballet works to symphonic masterpieces and everything in-between.
I have well and truly indulged my love of sweeping strings and emotionally charged music while creating this month's playlist. Creating it has also brought back some lovely memories of concerts I have been to over the years as well as visits to the ballet. So it has been a complete pleasure to do.
Listening and watching an orchestra play live is one of my most favourite ways to spend time and something I have greatly missed over the last year. This playlist serves as the next best thing; recordings of stunningly beautiful works played by the world's finest orchestras.
The list opens with Debussy’s stunning and revolutionary (at the time) piece ‘Prélude à l’apres-midi d’un faune’. In which he creates an ethereal and otherworldly sound with a constantly moving key centre. It is completely magical.
You will notice that there are more than a couple of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ pieces. In my humble opinion RVW’s orchestral writing is quite simply some of the most stunning music in existence. It is full of emotion, romance and harks back to an era long since passed through his clever and considered use of ‘modal writing’.
I’m intrigued to know your favourite orchestral pieces, let me know in the comments below if there are any pieces you’d really like added to this list. I think it would be really nice to have a list that we’ve created together.
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