Stay classy, GRB

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[jim]

One of my favorite pieces of music of all time. It was playing in the staging area before we walked out for our commencement ceremony in grad school, one of the happiest days of my life, and I'll always connect it to that day. I love hearing it in the spring and early summer.

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[Molly]

One of my favorites of all time. St. Louis football fans may recognize this tune

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The San Francisco Symphony puts out a cool podcast where they play excerpts and the host puts into context and provides information about the composer and the time period in narration. You can get it in iTunes by searching SF Symphony.
http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen- ... -and-Music
Worth a listen.

[jim]

If we are going with a Mozart run, this is one of my favorites if only because at one time I could play it well on the piano, and probably loved playing this more than any other piece I could play.

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[Molly]

Staying with the Mozart theme, Amadeus is one of my all time favorite movies.

[jim]

And he's one of, no I'd say he probably *IS*, my favorite composers. I don't always listen to non-Baroque music, but when I do I listen to Mozart.

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Mozart horn concertos are key parts of the French horn repertoire, and no one was better than Dennis Brain. Even though this is a mono recording, Brain's performances are simply outstanding--not only for horn playing, but for interpreting Mozart.

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This is from a recording of Telemann String Concertos performed by Musica Antiqua Koln. Very good period performances.