‘A shot of adrenaline for tired ears’: our classical writers on the music that energises them
On the day that Radio 3 launches Unwind, a station dedicated to calming and restorative music, we choose instead the pieces we go to to excite, motivate and thrill us
Apologies to Mozartians, who might claim that The Marriage of Figaro has the most uplifting finale in the operatic repertory, but the final fugue in Verdi’s last opera wins the prize. It’s not just the idea of ending a score already larded with parodies and allusions with the most academic of musical forms, or its astounding compositional virtuosity – 10 independent voices at one point – but its irresistible outpouring of joyous energy. “Tutto nel mondo è burla” (Life is a burst of laughter) indeed. Andrew Clements
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