Feelgood classical works

[cloughie]

As ts started a Feelgood pop thread, got me thinking about the many classical pieces that serve that purpose.

Three for starters

Schubert Sym 5
Mozart P&W Quintet K452
Grieg Holberg Suite

[Alison]

Prokofiev: Classical Symphony

[Joseph K]

First movement of Beethoven's 3rd.

[Roslynmuse]

Falla - Three Cornered Hat
Poulenc - Les Biches
Massenet - Le Cid ballet
Pretty much anything by Chabrier (Fête polonaise from Le roi malgré lui springs to mind)

Anything suggesting physical movement seems to release the endorphins. So maybe that's why ballet music hits the spot?

I was also thinking about uncomplicated composers like Sullivan - Overture di Ballo or, for those allergic to WSG's lyrics, Mackerras's reworkings of operetta excerpts in Pineapple Poll - ballet again.

[Richard Barrett]

Surely the only "non-feelgood" music is music one doesn't like?

[Mario]

The last movement of Beethoven V.

Majestic, universal affirmation!

Mario

[DracoM]

......or too close toClassic FN for my taste.

And I learn more about unexpected, unknown-to-me and unheard music on my favourite online site than ANYTHING I hear on R3 .

https://areena.yle.fi/audio/ohjelmat/yle-klassinen

[Keraulophone]

Mendelssohn - Octet
Smetana - Overture to ‘The Bartered Bride’
Dang Wirén - Marcia from Serenade for Strings
Schumann - 1st movt from ‘Rhenish’ Symphony No.3

[richardfinegold]

Surely the only "non-feelgood" music is music one doesn't like?

Exactly. What is the criteria here, since I usually enjoy what I am listening to. Does it have to be in C Major, for example?

What I miss are the short Violin works, such as Saint-Saens (Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Havanaise) Sarasate and others that used to be ubiquitous but are now rarely heard. I often wonder why a Soloist doesn't just program 3 or 4 of them in lieu of a Concerto

[Petrushka]

Surely the only "non-feelgood" music is music one doesn't like?

I'm not so sure about that. I 'enjoy' listening to eg, Shostakovich 4, 8 & 15, the Verdi Requiem, Mahler 9 etc, etc but they aren't exactly full of the joys of life and their purpose isn't to make you 'feel good'.

[ahinton]

Surely the only "non-feelgood" music is music one doesn't like?

Bravo to that!

[Mario]

......or too close toClassic FN for my taste.

Yes DracoM I agree. Hate these "bleeding chunks" myself, and I would never wish to restrict my Beethoven listening.

Just trying to obey the OP, who asked specifically for "pieces", which I assume he meant incomplete works.

Best wishes,

Mario

[rauschwerk]

Tippett Concerto for Double String Orchestra

[ahinton]

I'm not so sure about that. I 'enjoy' listening to eg, Shostakovich 4, 8 & 15, the Verdi Requiem, Mahler 9 etc, etc but they aren't exactly full of the joys of life and their purpose isn't to make you 'feel good'.

I take your point but much might then depend upon how one would define "feelgood" in this particular context...

[teamsaint]

I take our point but much might then depend upon how one would define "feelgood" in this particular context...

It doesn’t need defining, its just a bit of fun.

But maybe there are pieces of music that have a tendency to make one smile, rather than appreciate in other ways.
To take a random examples, Elizabeth Maconchy’s music doesn’t always have me grinning ear to ear ( what a lovely sight that must be) , though it sometimes does, but it usually engages me in one way or another, this making me feel good, but not necessarily in a feelgood way. Not like Dr Feelgood, for instance.

I do take RBs point. What I consider to be really poor music makes me feel more depressed than really good downbeat music, say Joy Division, whose music I find very uplifting. But the point of the thread is surely understood , and the rest is semantics?

Anyway: Schubert Symphony # 2. Joyous.