Here are 10 pieces that never fail to make the tears flow. What are your musical triggers?
Handel: “Piangero” from Giulio Cesare
Vaughan Williams: Job
Haydn: String Quartet in C major, Op. 54 No. 2
Dvořák: “Dumky” Trio
Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G major
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op. 35 No. 1
Monteverdi: “Laudate Pueri” from Vespers
Ravel: Ma Mere l’Oye (Mother Goose) Ballet
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
Janáček: Jenufa