{"id":101758,"date":"2024-02-14T12:03:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T17:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=101758"},"modified":"2024-02-14T16:07:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T21:07:08","slug":"coffee-break-five-romantic-compositions-classical-music-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2024\/02\/14\/coffee-break-five-romantic-compositions-classical-music-world\/","title":{"rendered":"COFFEE BREAK | Five Of The Most Romantic Compositions In The Classical Music World"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_101760\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101760\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/Copy-of-COFFEE-BREAK.jpg\" alt=\"Image by\u00a0Desir\u00e9 ? Dazzy ?? K-e-k-u-l-\u00e9\u00a0(CC0C\/Pixabay)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/Copy-of-COFFEE-BREAK.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/Copy-of-COFFEE-BREAK-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/Copy-of-COFFEE-BREAK-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/Copy-of-COFFEE-BREAK-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by\u00a0Desir\u00e9 ? Dazzy ?? K-e-k-u-l-\u00e9\u00a0(CC0C\/Pixabay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Romance, it\u2019s no secret, fuels many a piece of music, from pop songs to opera arias and solo piano works. For Valentine\u2019s Day, the focus is on the emotions evoked by the music.<\/p>\n<p>Here are five of the most romantic pieces of music in the classical repertoire. Light the candles, pour a favourite beverage, and enjoy with the people you love the most.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lhW_tRmpLFs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3>Franz Liszt: Liebestraum<\/h3>\n<p>Franz Liszt wrote his Liebestr\u00e4ume (or dreams of love) in 1850. A set of three pieces for solo piano, he wrote them as lieder to the poems of Ludwig Uhland and Ferdinand Freiligrath, and published them in two forms \u2014 one for high voice and piano, and another for piano two-hands. The poems in question examine love in three different forms. There is \u201cHohe Liebe\u201d, or exalted love, which is an otherworldly religious devotion. \u201cSeliger Tod\u201d or blessed death, talks about erotic love. The third nocturne, Freiligrath\u2019s, talks about unconditional, everlasting love.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iYtWLywAo5I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3>L\u00e9o Delibes: The Flower Duet from Lakm\u00e9<\/h3>\n<p>Now known indelibly as The Flower Duet, composer Delibes\u2019 original title was \u201cSous le d\u00f4me \u00e9pais\u201d, and it comes from his tragic opera Lakm\u00e9. The duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano occurs during the first act of the opera that premiered in Paris in 1883. In the story, the duet is sung by Lakm\u00e9, who is the daughter of a Brahmin priest, and her servant Mallika, as they go gathering flowers by the river. The inescapable beauty of the piece has transcended the world of opera, and it\u2019s become one of the most familiar opera works in general because of its frequent use in advertisements, notably for British Airways, as well as in TV and films. But, leave the hype behind, and you can simply enjoy its gorgeous tones.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2l8llogGKto?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3>Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet<\/h3>\n<p>Tragic romance seems to elicit the most exquisitely expressive music. Tchaikovsky was a composer with a strong sense of drama, and he was drawn to the classic Shakespearean drama, even though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2008\/oct\/17\/classicalmusicandopera-shakespeare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his letters<\/a> reveal his distaste for England. However, the story won him over. \u201cNothing is more suitable to my musical character,\u201d he writes, \u201cNo kings, no marches, no boring old grand opera. Just love, love, love!\u201d The Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy has come to be one of the best known love-themes in the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W0UrRWyIZ74?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3>Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 \u2018Moonlight\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Certainly, Beethoven wrote a piece titled Romance, and his Fur Elise is often touted as a romantically inspired work, however no one truly knows who Elise was. Beethoven was notably passed over by two of the women he\u2019d been infatuated with, so at best the effect seems bittersweet. Critics through the centuries have argued whether it\u2019s appropriate to consider his Piano Sonata No. 14 as a work that\u2019s romantic in tone. Its \u2018Moonlight\u2019 moniker was not part of the composer\u2019s original intentions. With its lovely and distinctive melody, however, it fits the playlist. In its three movements \u2014 I. Adagio sostenuto; II. Allegretto; III. Presto agitato \u2014 it did not follow the fast-slow-fast pattern of the Classical period, and is considered one of the first works to usher in the Romantic era.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y0AIDqZuskY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3>Edward Elgar: Salut d\u2019Amour<\/h3>\n<p>Elgar was in love with Caroline Alice Roberts when he wrote Salut d\u2019Amour in 1888. His original title was Liebesgruss, in German, because she spoke the language. Caroline had given him a poem she\u2019d written, titled The Wind at Dawn. He set it to music, and gave her Salut d\u2019Amour as an engagement present. It has since become a much beloved work. 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