Do you like classical music? My favorite piece is "Adagio for Strings". Most know it from the movie "Platoon"
I do like classical music! I generally prefer music more from the truly Classical period of 1750 to 1820.
Who are some of your favorite composers? I am a fan of Wagner although I think he was a little past that time.
Well, my heritage is Russian, so I grew up listening to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He was part of "The Five."
I am of German heritage, they have a long history in classical music with men like Bach.
Magnificat (Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat, BWV 243.2, BWV 243, is a musical setting of the biblical canticle Magnificat. It is scored for five vocal parts (two sopranos, alto, tenor and bass), and a Baroque orchestra including trumpets and timpani. It is the first major liturgical composition on a Latin text by Bach.
In 1723, after taking up his post as Thomaskantor in Leipzig, Bach set the text of the Magnificat in a twelve movement composition in the key of E
Kennedy's favorite pieces of music. Jackie Kennedy arranged a concert the Monday after his death with the National Symphony Orchestra; they played to an empty hall. The concert was broadcast by radio. Barber knew about these memorial occasions. He did a radio interview about it with WQXR and said, "They always play that piece. I wish they'd play some of my other pieces."
In 2004, listeners of the BBC's "Today" program voted "Adagio for Strings" the "saddest classical" work