What piece of music do you want played at your funeral?

[Solitary Wanderer]

What piece of music do you want played at your funeral?

I already have it written in my Will that it will be...

Prelude to Act .1. Lohengrin   BP/HvK



I'm interested to hear your ideas

[hornteacher]

I plan to live forever.......or die trying.

[not edward]

The stand-alone Baker/Barbirolli Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen.

[mahlertitan]

I called it first: Bruckner's 7th symphony second movement.

in fact i told a friend about it already, when i die, i want the adagio to bruckner's 7th be played!

[Bonehelm]

The finale from Mahler's Resurrection symphony.

[Kullervo]

I don't intend on having a funeral.

[Mark]

Have a listen for yourselves:

Rachmaninov - All-night Vigil: Bless the Lord, O my soul

This is the EXACT recording I want played.

[Mozart]

I won't attend my funeral but I would like Beethoven's 7th, the 2nd movement would be awesome. If I do have a funeral it would have to be all darth vader like.

[Harry Collier]

Elégie Op 30  by Vieuxtemps (viola & piano).

[val]

Since I will not be able to hear it, I don't care. They can even play Rachmaninov's 2nd Concerto.

[marvinbrown]

I plan to live forever.......or die trying.

 I agree with your philosophy in life hornteacher.....so I guess it will just be the two of us then...living forever or dieing trying to live forever (thats the spirit!!!)


 marvin
 PS:  In case we fail how about Seigfried's Funeral March from Wagner's Ring Cycle??  If you are going to go might as well go in style.

[Sergeant Rock]

Peggy Lee, Is That All There Is?

Is that all there is?
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is


Sarge

[Bunny]

Jewish funerals don't have music.  Mourners are not allowed ot listen to music for 30 days except as part of a religious service.

But, I think Bernstein's Kaddish would fit the bill.

[toledobass]

I never really thought about it.  A friend's mom wants 'Ding Dong the Witch is Dead' performed though.


Allan

[Haffner]

3rd Movement op.132 Beethoven



Before I heard that piece, it was "Catch the Rainbow" off of Rainbow-Live in Germany

[Todd]

The Ballad of Jimi Hendrix by Stormtroopers of Death.

[Anne]

Catholic Services use a lot of music:

Beethoven's Kyrie from Missa Solemnis - Boem recording

Siegfried'd funeral music - Solti

Mille cherubini in coro (Schubert - Melichar) from Pavarotti's Christmas album

Schubert's Ave Maria - sung by Pavarotti

For once it doesn"t have to be a coordinated music program.

[Haffner]

Catholic Services use a lot of music:

Beethoven's Kyrie from Missa Solemnis - Boem recording

Hey I didn't know that Beethoven's Missa Solemnis was actually used in Catholic services! Thanks for that information, Anne!

[George]

I plan to live forever.......or die trying.

Great answer! 


Me: I Know it's Over by the Smiths. 

[Anne]

Hey I didn't know that Beethoven's Missa Solemnis was actually used in Catholic services! Thanks for that information, Anne!

I don't know whether it is allowed or not.  It's just what I want played.  When my father died, the people from the church were quite lenient.