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We thought it would be fun to ask our 星空无限传媒 coworkers to tell us about their favorite classical music works. It鈥檚 always exciting to see what door people find into the genre.
Bedrich Smetana: Vltava, 鈥淭丑别 Moldau鈥�
鈥淲hen I took my first music class in college, this was the first piece they played. I remember thinking, where has this been all my life?!鈥� 鈥�Eric French, 星空无限传媒 radio operations
Johannes Brahms: 鈥淧oco Allegretto,鈥� Symphony No. 3
鈥淭丑别 Brahms No. 3 I remember hearing in an old noir film and thinking how perfectly it fit, all moody and suspenseful 鈥� it stuck with me.鈥� 鈥擩acyln Reith, 星空无限传媒 underwriting
Claude Debussy: 鈥淐lair de Lune鈥�
鈥淚t just seems like it would be part of a soundtrack of my life.鈥� 鈥�Diana Bergemann, 星空无限传媒 TV
鈥淚 think 鈥楥lair de Lune鈥� is absolutely beautiful.鈥� 鈥�Kate Quickel, 星空无限传媒 TV and marketing
Edward Elgar: 鈥淣imrod鈥�
鈥淚 played 鈥楴imrod鈥� twice in school orchestra 鈥� once as a high school freshman and once as a senior. The first time I hated it 鈥� it was so slow, and repetitive, and I always wanted to play fast music.
鈥淏ut the second time we played it, I fell in love with the cinematic swells. I love how the different parts swirl around each other, and how the different parts playing the melody feel just slightly disconnected.
鈥淚 think it was part of the reason why I was later driven to get into post-rock like Mogwai and Sigur Ros 鈥� those elements of repetitiveness and grandiosity are really prominent.鈥� 鈥擥abe Rosenberg, 星空无限传媒 digital media
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: 鈥淔light of the Bumblebee鈥�
鈥溾�楩light of the Bumblebee鈥� is one of my favorites. I tried to learn it on the clarinet when I was in middle school. (Key word: tried)." 鈥�Elizabeth Curtis, 星空无限传媒 Classroom
Camille Saint-Saens: 鈥淭丑别 Swan鈥�
鈥溾�楾he Swan鈥� was the intro to my wedding 鈥� we had a string quartet 鈥� so that鈥檚 just sentimental to me (though I ended up walking down the aisle to the string quartet鈥檚 version of Queen鈥檚 鈥淪omebody to Love,鈥� which was a completely different tack!) :)鈥� 鈥擩acyln Reith, 星空无限传媒 underwriting
Hans Zimmer: 鈥淵ou鈥檙e So Cool鈥�
鈥淔rom the True Romance soundtrack. That song makes me happy!鈥� 鈥�Micki Hernandez, 星空无限传媒 TV
Frederic Chopin: Etude, Op. 10, No. 3 in E Major
鈥淚t鈥檚 not something I heard till recently. I was looking for a classical composer to listen to while working, and I heard Chopin鈥檚 Etude No. 3 in E Major, and I loved it. It kind of stopped me in my tracks and made me listen.鈥� 鈥�Marylee Williams, 89.7 NPR News
Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D
鈥淚 know it鈥檚 cliche, but I鈥檝e been a sucker for Pachelbel Canon ever since I saw Father of the Bride.鈥� 鈥擪ate Quickel, 星空无限传媒 TV and marketing
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
鈥淚 know it gets overplayed all the time in bad movies, but I鈥檓 very fond of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart. The reason I like this song is because of a memory.
鈥淚 was in a bar in Kent 30 or so years ago. A classic rock cover band was playing. In between songs, a drunk person yelled, 鈥楶lay some Skynard!鈥� As a joke, I yelled 鈥楶lay some Mozart!鈥� The guitar player looked up and nodded at me.
鈥淗e walked up to the front of the stage and played Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 鈥� not part of it, but the whole piece. His bandmates watched him in pure horror as he rocked out. It was fantastic! The bar gave him a standing ovation.鈥� 鈥�Darrin McDonald, 星空无限传媒 TV
Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
鈥淚t鈥檚 ice soda pop for the soul!鈥� 鈥�Cindy Gaillard, 星空无限传媒 TV
Claude Debussy: 鈥淒octor Gradus ad Parnassum鈥�
鈥淚鈥檝e always loved Debussy. This is on Bela Fleck鈥檚 classical CD, Perpetual Motion, and I love the track. I always perk up when I hear any performance of this piece.
"Hard to pin down one piece as a favorite. You鈥檇 get a different answer if you asked again tomorrow.鈥� 鈥�Brent Davis, 星空无限传媒 TV and radio
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
鈥淭丑别 Violin Concerto is just bursting with life and passion, and I like the kickoff with the soloist right out the door.鈥� 鈥擩acyln Reith, 星空无限传媒 underwriting
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring
鈥淚 like the lyrics of the traditional Shaker hymn (鈥淪imple Gifts鈥�), so that鈥檚 always in my head.
"But I like the simplicity (no pun intended) 鈥� how it starts off light and fanciful, other instruments join in, it becomes more rich and grand, becomes playful and lilting again, and then there鈥檚 this crazy, amazing, majestic crescendo at the end.鈥� 鈥�Meredith Hart, 星空无限传媒 marketing
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
鈥淎 piece I would recommend to a friend just sampling classical music.鈥� 鈥�Kent Teeters, Classical 101
Richard Wagner: 鈥淩ide of the Valkyries鈥� / 鈥淜ill the Wabbit!鈥�
鈥淚t has been a favorite of mine since childhood.鈥� 鈥�George Welling, 星空无限传媒 membership
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty Waltz
鈥淚 have always loved Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Sleeping Beauty Waltz 鈥� it is something I probably would not have picked a few years ago.
鈥淏ut [my daughter] loves Aurora and Sleeping Beauty and well, all Disney Princesses. And we have watched Sleeping Beauty together, and I loved seeing her experience this piece for the first time.鈥� 鈥擜my Juravich, 星空无限传媒 radio
