"NCR Youth Center Home Edition"! How about listening to some classical music?

{Activity for youths}

The truth is that we cannot bring to you all that we used to share, but we are here for sure!

For those of you who are missing the music lessons or searching for different musical experiences, here is a sample for your listening pleasure. Prepared by the “NCR Youth Center” musical volunteer, Nikos Kordelis.

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Classical music

Often, in everyday speech, when we say “classical music”, we refer to anything with an orchestra, pieces that are not in our familiar song form or groups comprised instruments that are not modern and electric. However, classical music is actually a specific style that developed in the 18th and 19th centuries, with an immense historical value, that influenced everything that came after it. It is characterized by clear melodies, with some instruments playing a secondary role and some others coming to the forefront. The classical composers sought to prove that music unites people from all over the world, regarding music as a universal language.

The most well known classical composers were Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven, comprising the “Vienna School”. Some of their works follow:

Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)

Cello concerto in C major
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGBZIfaxfrM

Symphony no. 45
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXctarOxRz8

Sting quartet no. 76
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C10-45oHfvc

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Eine kleine Nachtmusik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy2zDJPIgwc

Symphony no. 40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTc1mDieQI8

Rondo Alla Turca
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMjQygwPI1c

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony no. 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOk8Tm815lE

Moonlight Sonata
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tr0otuiQuU

Symphony no. 3 - “Eroica”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbGV-MVfgec