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Tips On Fitting Classical Music Into Your Daily Life Without Being Pretentious, Snobby or Turning Into a Classical Nerd
Driving in bumper –to-bumper traffic at 70mph – Rossini: Overtures (any)
Driving Up The Coast – Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man, Puccini – Music from La Boheme
Waking Up – Haydn: Symphony No. 6, Poulenc: Concert for 2 pianos, 1st movement
Hiking or Exercising – Berlioz: Symphony fastastique (Witches’ Sabbath), Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien for Orchestra, Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio españole for Orchestra
Dinner Party with Friends – Gershwin: An American in Paris and Rhapsody in Blue
Getting Motivated – Mahler: Symphony No. 1, Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
Going to Bed - Slow movements of piano sonatas, violin sonatas, cello sonatas (any classical or romantic period composer)
Relaxing at Home – Rodrigo: Concierto De Aranjuez, Villa Lobos: Concerto For Guitar, Mozart: Symphony Nos. 39 and 40
Writing or Studying – Mozart (because Mozart makes you smarter!)
Meditating – Gregorian Chant, Barber: Adagio for Strings Rachmaninov: Vespers, anything by Palestrina
Background Music - Brahms: Haydn Variations, Gounod: Petite Symphonie for 9 Wind Instruments, Dvorák: Wind Serenade in D minor
A Romantic Dinner for Two – Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 (2nd Movement only) Chopin: Waltzes
Impressing Your Girlfriend/Boyfriend with your diverse musical knowledge– Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Intimate Evening – Debussy: Afternoon of a Fawn, Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess, Chopin Preludes and Etudes, Debussy: Clair de lune (Suite Bergamasque) for Piano
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