It's either a movement from the First Suite in Eb or Second Suite in F. I'm gonna take a stab in the dark based on your description and say it was the First Movement of the Second Suite.Originally Posted by krissy
The Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde is one of the most affecting pieces for me. It's not much out of context, but when you know the other lietmotifs that are mingling in it and realize that this is at the ending of an opera that has had absolutely no real resolution to any sort of tonic, it's incredible. I still just shudder into tears every time it finally lands on that I chord.
Also, as much of a douche as Wager was, his influence is absolutely unbelievable. His gesamtkunstwerk concept permeates everything in media around us today and when I'm overcome by the mix of watching something, identifying with a story, and being moved by the music, I can't help but think of the master of neck beards.
Percy Grainger is another character who I really began to loathe in college due to being forced to play so much of it (around an anniversary). However, learning more about the man and getting over the fact that I'd been over-saturated in him really made me begin to appreciate his music so much more. He was an amazingly strange person and he did an amazing service of curating a huge amount of folk music on foot. I can only imagine all that we'd've been robbed of without what he did.
I'm gonna stop there for now. I could easily get carried away in too many people, both obscure and famous that I have some great love for. Maybe I'll jump back in a little later
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