Today I’d like you to exercise your heart, spirit and ears
and explore some of the classical pieces.
Go to a local radio station that plays classical music and just
listen. As a child I was fascinated by
the Peer Gynt suite by Edvard Grieg and Peter and the Wolf by Sergei
Prokofiev. I can remember going on a grade
school trip to see a full-blown professional orchestra and my little heart was
just captured as I “saw” the music and imagined the colors and feelings and it
flowed over me. My years of ballet
training exposed me to amazing classical compositions that literally had my
body dancing to its strains and rhythms.
Blessedly, I have never lost the passion for this genre of music. There is something that stirs you deep
inside. To this day I just can’t imagine
Christmas without the score of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite in the
background.
In fact, if you are a baby boomer, you were probably
introduced to many classical compositions in none other than the old cartoons
and 60’s TV! The William Tell Overture
by Rossini as Bugs Bunny was being chased, Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture in a
cereal commercial, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons: Spring as Elmer Fudd got up early to
hunt Bugs Bunny… you were subtly introduced to an amazing array of classical
music without even knowing it! And of
course, who could forget Bo Derrick introducing us to Ravel’s Bolero in the
movie “10”? One of my favorite chick
flick movies, “Somewhere In Time” (get out your tissues) forever tattooed Rachmaninov’s
“Rhapsody On A Theme of Paganini” on my soul!
If you’re not familiar with the classics, here is a website
that lists their “top 100” classics with artists. I soooo encourage you to surf over and listen
to their previews of the various pieces.
I think you’ll be surprised at how many may tickle your memory. 
Here in New Jersey this morning it’s raining, dark and gray –
a perfect day to grab a cup of coffee or tea, sit quietly watching the rain
from your window (or car windshield or screened/covered porch) and allow the
soothing classics you melt over you and bathe you in their beauty. Your spirit won’t be the same.
Blessings,
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