Italian symphonies to suit every mood – The right symphonies to the right moment
Music has a certain power over our minds and it’s quite a given fact that our minds often strive for music, possibly the right one, to suit our mood at the moment. Just how hard it is sometimes to find the perfect track to accompany our frame of mind! Turning the radio on nowadays means listening to the same songs in heavy rotation.
But let’s put contemporary music aside and discuss classical music, all those tracks without lyrics – they don’t need words to convey emotions. This time, Idressitalian’s here to present you with a list of 10 classical symphonies to suit every mood. Continue reading clicking the below button >
1.JOY: La primavera – Antonio Vivaldi
Vivaldi’s Primavera (Spring) is one of the most famous symphonies of all times. This is the first of a series of four concerts called Concerti delle Stagioni (known as Four Seasons in English) each dedicated to one of the four seasons. It begins with an allegro, its melody complete with chirping birds heralding the beginning of the spring; a quick storm and it’s sunny again. Vivaldi embraced Nature and reproduced her sounds perfectly. In particular, the solo violinist needs be a true master. Continue reading clicking the below button >
2.MERRIMENT: Libiamo né lieti calici – Giuseppe Verdi
Excellent music doesn’t need words (in this case lyrics) to express emotions. Parties or joyful gatherings always see the beginning of a love affair, be it a serious liason or a fleeting thing. These two elements combine perfectly in Verdi’s Traviata, where love and wine are celebrated through the story of Alfredo and Violetta. Libiamo ne lieti calici is a waltz, vivace and rhythmic. Continue reading clicking the below button >
3.SADNESS: Addio del passato – Giuseppe Verdi
This is probably the most tragic moment of Traviata, an ode to nostalgia while at the same time it seems to be invoking a premature end to it all. Violetta is about to die because of her illness, but she feels dead already because her love for a man doesn’t amount to anything for society: she will be forever considered a prostitute, a creature unworthy of love. The lines: “Not a tear nor a flower over my tomb, not a cross with a name engraved to mark my bones!” accompanied by simple music exemplify her bitterness. Continue reading clicking the below button >
4.NOSTALGIA: L’Inverno – Antonio Vivaldi
Vivaldi’s Inverno (Winter) is generally considered the best of his Four Seasons because of its balanced structure and the intensity of the message. The melody is punctuated by pizzicato violins imitating the rain, evoking that sense of nostalgia. This is music at its finest, flowing, playing with rhythm and our emotions, surprising us. Continue reading clicking the below button >
5.RAGE: Sì vendetta, tremenda vendetta – Giuseppe Verdi
This is Rigoletto‘s cry for vengeance. The music is very deep, the melody plays a fundamental part in highlighting the tragic moment, the irate Mantuan fool’s voice full of rage punctuates the music with vengeful lines. Continue reading clicking the below button >
6.HOPE: Autunno – Antonio Vivaldi
It’s the turn of Vivaldi’s Autumn where his music describe the Roman God Baccus. The music seems to evoke the scenario of a harvest, where the scent of grapes and wine entice men and create a dreamy atmosphere. The gentle weather of Autumn makes it all the more pleasurable, as the music shifts between vivace and adagio, so much so as to suggest the kind of calmness that comes with the certainty of a promise. Continue reading clicking the below button >
7.HAPPINESS: Estate – Antonio Vivaldi
The concert Summer is full of energy: a typical summer storm is approaching but the heat of the season isn’t waning, instead it seems to be exploding. The solo moment describes a scared shepard. Even the instruments seem to be suffocating because of the intolerable heat – only a turtledove and a goldfinch can be heard singing. Continue reading clicking the below button >
8.AMBITION: Nessun dorma – Giacomo Puccini
Nessun Dorma, from Puccini’s Turandot doesn’t need much of an introduction, does it? It’s not necessary to be a music expert or a fan of the composer to know this concert in particular. This is immortal music even if the concert is unfinished, for Puccini died before completing it. Listening to it for the first time means noticing how the drama is intertwined with music, and hence evoked so peculiarly. The atmosphere is solemn, it’s a hymn to hope and renewal, it can really motivate us to start a new project – or pursue a daring one. Continue reading clicking the below button >
9.LOVE: La Bohème – Giacomo Puccini
La “Bohème” è l’emblema di come un’opera possa colpire ed entrare nel cuore così tanto da far amare la lirica. È amore genuino, nel quale i protagonisti credono con tutto il proprio essere, al punto da trasformare la persona amata in un essere di luce e morire felici se solo si può guardare per l’ultima volta negli occhi l’amato; come un fiore che sboccia all’ultimo raggio di sole prima di perire al freddo inverno. Continua a leggere cliccando >
10.FEAR: Cortigiani vil razza dannata – Giuseppe Verdi
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La Bohéme is another good example of how classical music can be loved and known by anyone, especially when the theme is the supreme emotion: love. This time is genuine love, our protagonists believe in its power with all of their hearts, the power of transforming the loved one into pure, divine light, a supreme reason to give one’s life for. Oh, and the purest joy of watching one another in the eyes right before dying, just like the last flower blossoming before winter. Continue reading clicking the below button >
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