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MUSIC FOR GUIDED JOURNEYS
(compiled by Roger Woolger)
Short evocative mood pieces
Barber Adagio for Strings (sad, wistful)
Albinioni Adagio (sad, tragic)
Sibelius Lemminnkaanen in Tuonela (Four Legends) (fear, danger, panic)
Britten Moonlight (from Peter Grimes Sea Pictures) (introspection)
Arvo Pärt Fratres from Tabula Rasa
Threnody in Memoriam Benjamin Britten from Tabula Rasa
Bach Come Sweet Death (Stokowski transcription) (introspection)
Gounod Offertory & Sanctus from St Cecilia Mass (joy, ecstasy)
Mascagni Easter Hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana (hope, Joy) (Callas or Freni versions)
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana (joy, reconciliation, thanksgiving)
Puccini Nessun Dorma from Turandot (uplifting, great hope) (Bjorling version)
Catalani Ebenn? ne andro lontana from La Wally (tragic loss, resignation)
Beethoven Agnus Del from Missa Solemnis (penitence, misery & forgiveness)
Wagner Siegfried's Funeral March (high drama, heroic, tragic)
Shostakovich Allegro from Symphony #11 (attack, panic, massacre, desolation)
Prokoviev Lament from Alexander Nevsky (grief, loss, mourning)
Puccini Prelude to Act 3 of Madama Butterfly (joy, homecoming, reunion)
Elgar Nimrod (#9) from Enigma Variations (noble, elegiac, uplifting)
Lux Aeterna (choral version of Nimrod) (spiritual, uplifting
Purcell Dido's Farewell; Finale of Dido and Aeneas (grief & mourning) (Baker version )
Short Guided Imagery Journeys with Music (approx. 30--45 minutes each)
Reflective Mood
Marcello Oboe Concerto: Adagio
Albinioni Oboe Concerto: Adagio
Pachelbel Canon in D
Mozart Clarinet Quintet: Allegro. Larghetto, Minuetto
Flute and Harp Concerto: Andantino
Meditative Mood
Boccherini Cello Concerto: Adagio
Beethoven Triple concerto: Largo
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Winds: Adagio
Clarinet Concerto: Allegro, Adagio
Love and Longing
Mahler Symphony #5: Adagietto
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Symphony #4: Ruhevofl
Richard Strauss Four Last Songs: Beim schlafengehen
Hero Journey
Sibelius Four Legends: Lemminkainen in Tuonela
Wagner Rheingold: Descent of Wotan to Nibeiheim and Thunderstorm
Wagner Gotterdammerung: Siegrfied's Funeral Marcff
Mussorgsky Pictures from an the Exhibition: The Great Bell of Kiev
Opening the Heart
Cantaloube Songs of the Auverge: Baillero
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana: Easter Hymn and Intermezzo
Puccini Gianni Schicchi:O mb babbino caro
Strauss Finale: Der Rosenkavalier
Inner Peace
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Talus
Fantasia on "Greensleeves"
Ancient Encounter
Vaughan Williams Job, A Masque for Dancing
Mars, the Way of Warrior
Shostakovitch Symphony 11: January 9th: Allegro
Prokoviev Alexankder Nevsky: Field of the Dead
Bach Come Sweet Death (arr. Stokowski)
For Extended Deep Listening
Bach Stokowski's Transcriptions for Orchestra (several collections)
Ormandy's Transcriptions for Orchestra
Air in G
Double Violin Concerto: Slow movement
Adagio collections
B Minor Mass
St Matthew Passion
Albinioni Adagio collections
Beethoven Pastoral Symphony
Symphony 7 (Slow movement)
Choral Symphony (Slow movement & Choral Finale)
Moonlight sonata: Slow movement
Archduke Trio (especially slow movement)
Piano Concerto 4; Opening Movement
Piano Concerto 5, "Emperor" Slow movement
Violin Concerto: Slow movement
Triple Concerto: Slow movement
Missa Solemnis: Sanctus & Agnus dei
Sibelius Symphonies
Four Legends (especially Swan of Tuonela)
Violin Concerto (opening movement)
Vaughan Williams Symphonies (especially Pastoral)
Tallis Fantasia (Boult)
Dives and Lazarus
Job: a Masque for Dancing (Boult)
The Lark Ascending
Elgar Introduction and Allegro
Violin Concerto
Enigma Variations (especially Nimrod).
Dream of Gerontius: the Angel's Farewell
SeaSongs (Janet Baker)
Wagner Orchestral excerpts from Operas: especially:
Siegfied's Rhine Journey
Forest Murmers
Prelude to Lohengrin (Bruno Walter, Karajan)
Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Prelude to Parsifal & Easter Music (Bruno Walter)
Mahler Symphonies 2 & 4: Slow movements
Lieder eines Gefahrende Gesellen (Baker/Barbirolli)
Ravel Invitation au Voyage
Debussy La Mer
L'Apres midi d'une Faune
other tone poems
Richard Strauss Don Juan (tone poem)
Death and Transfiguration
Four Last Songs (Schwarzkopf, Norman or Della Casa)
Stravinsky Rite of Spring
The Fire Bird
Prokoviev Alexander Nevsky (film music)
Shostakovich Symphonies
Hindemith Mathis der Maler
Berlioz Overtures
Symphonie Fantastique
Mozart Clarinet Concerto and Quintet (especially slow movements)
Serenade for 13 Wind instruments (Slow movements)
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat
Respighi The Pines of Rome and The Fountains of Rome
Rachmaninov The Isle of the Dead
Slow movements from Piano concerti
Tchaikovsky Symphonies 4, 5, 6.
Francesca da Rimini,
1812 Overture,
Hamlet Overture
Holst The Planets especially: Mars, Saturn, Neptune
Delius Walk to the Paradise Garden
Song of Summer
Puccini La Boheme (Pavarotti/Freni)
Madame Butterfly (Callas or Scotto)
Mendelssohn Midsummer Nights Dream Overture
The Hebrides Overture
Violin Concerto
Bruch Violin Concerto (especially slow movement)
Best reference source for further listening:
Helen Bonny Music and Your Mind, Station Hill Press, NY 1990