Jeffrey Hall writes: >Dear CM fans, Here's an idea for a new thread. Instead of your favorite >pieces, what are your favorite movements? ... > >I think that this thread is a good idea because I find that what often >draws me to a new work is a great movement that I heard on the radio. ... Jeffrey you know you are commiting sacrilige here don't you? Here in the UK there is a debate about the merits of two classical radio stations. The first is the BBC's radio 3 which is supposedly conservative and plays only complete works. The other Classic fm plays all the pop bits and pieces like the first movement of Beethoven's moonlight sonata and the hall of the mountain king from Peer Gynt. I am ambivalent on this one. On the one hand a work like a symphony is a complete unit and one can only appreciate its greatness (or not) by considering all movements. But on thother hand anything that brings people into classical music is to be welcomed. Considering this last point I will list for you some of the bits that meant something to me because they attracted me to serious music. Haydn's surprise symphony andante (of course) Beethoven's fifth (first movement of course) Thaikovsky's 1812 Berlioz's Roman carnival etc etc..... Bob Draper [log in to unmask]