The Very Last Work You'd Like to Hear

[vandermolen]

The finale of Elgar 2

Nice choice.

[vandermolen]

Lovely choices, Jeffrey. Good to read you love the Duruflé Requiem as much as I do.

[vandermolen]

Roughly 12 years ago.

https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,17042.0.html

Vandermolen has changed his choice. I stick with my original choice.

Forgotten about that!
At least I stuck with VW for one of my choices.

[André]

One piece of music I wouldn't want to hear in my final moments is the finale of Mahler's 6th symphony  😱

[Mandryka]

https://open.spotify.com/track/4uGB2HXSsg6opxAd1ESnSi?si=b4c9dda5c8874976


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMz2hSjBMk4&ab_channel=GerhardH%C3%BCsch-Topic


Hugo wolf, Muhvoll Komm' Ich Und Beladen, Elizabeth Rethberg.

[Lisztianwagner]

It could be Götterdämmerung or Mahler 9.

[vandermolen]

Miaskovsky's 27th Symphony and Glazunov's 'The Seasons' also come to mind.

[prémont]

The very last thing I could think of hearing would be Wagner's Ring.

So is already the case now. 

[Irons]

Nimrod, from Elgar's Enigma. The way the piece ends is like the end of life itself. Build up to a climax and go out with a whimper.

[vandermolen]

Nimrod, from Elgar's Enigma. The way the piece ends is like the end of life itself. Build up to a climax and go out with a whimper.

I remember that it was played as a tribute to a wheelchair bound Jacqueline du Pre at a Prom concert I attended - so sad.

[AaronSF]

Sorry, can't name just one...it's impossible, so here's a partial playlist:

Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, "Dido's Lament."

Brahms's Requiem, "Wie lieblich ist deine Wohnungen."

Beethoven, Sonata No. 32 in C minor, "Adagietto, Molto Semplice e Cantabile."

Schubert, String Quartet No. 14, "Death and the Maiden," 2nd Movement, "Andante con moto."

Schubert, Piano Sonata No. 21 in Bb major, 2nd Movement, "Andante sostenuto."

Debussy, Orchestral Preludes, "Nuages."

Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, "Le Gibet."

Puccini, Madama Butterfly, "Un bel di," Monserrat Caballe.

Mozart, "Ave Verum Corpus."

Mahler, Symphony No. 3 in in D minor, 4th movement, "Sehr Langsam. Misterioso. 'O Mensch!  Gib acht!'"

Mahler, Symphony No. 9 in D major, 4th movement "Adagio.  Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend."

R. Strauss, "Vier Letzte Lieder," 1st song.

Faure, Requiem, Op. 48, "Sanctus."

Mozart, "Exultate Jubilate."  Got to end on a happy note.

[greg]

Mahler 9. (duh- predictable answer from me).

[Irons]

I remember that it was played as a tribute to a wheelchair bound Jacqueline du Pre at a Prom concert I attended - so sad.

Blimey, Nimrod get's me at the best of times. I cannot imagine what it would be like in those circumstances, Jeffrey.

[DaveF]

It would depend on how much time you had: if the medical authorities gave you a few weeks, then an in-depth traversal of Byrd's Gradualia might be called for.  On the other hand, if the runaway bus was actually bearing down on you, then Stravinsky's Epitaphium might be a better fit.  Appropriate subject-matter too.