I am doing a survey to satisfy my own curiosity.
What is your favourite piece of music
1. To play
2. To listen to?
Why?

I guess I`ll go ahead and start off...
1. To play- My favorite pice to play would have to be the first movement of the Grieg quartet. It`s a very powerful piece for any chamber group. At first runthrough there are a few parts that have to be worked out, but after that it becomes an absolute joy to play!
2. To listen- This would have to be the Bartok Viola Concert. I may be slightly biased, due to being a violist, but all things considered it`s still an amazing work by Bartok. Especially if your a Bartok fan!

My Favorite Thing to Play ( im a violist)

Dvorak`s Humorosque... So far since Im on the third Book of Suzuki.

I dont know what my favorite thing to listen to is.. I never remember the titles of the songs.

1. Kodaly`s arrange of Bach`s Chromatic Fantasie.
2. Viola version of Shostakovich`s cello sonata.

=)

fav pc to play : Waxman Carmen Fantasy...Gives me adrenaline rushes all the time.
fav pc to listen : Bach Bradenburg Concerto no 2, 2nd movement only ( not the whole work)...
I love the staggered entrance and the serenity it gives me...And I find the pc strangely but beautifully `sad`....LOL, don`t know why.

I like to play Bach`s Arioso. It was recommended by my private teacher. I also like it because it is a great warm-up piece and really helps when practicing vibrato.

I like to listen to "Winter" of the Four Seasons by Vivaldi. It has this authentic sound to it that you can`t find anywhere else.

1:I like to play Concerto in A minor by Vivaldi, I just started it, and am loving it!! I played Concerto in G Major 2nd movement last season and it got annoying and repetitive.
2: Okay, this is going to sound really weird but my grandparents have this CD called PDQ Bach, where they murder the classics. Hillarious, and I like the 1712 Overture(different version of 1812 overture) they add really funny htings to it!!

Favorite Peices:

To play: Two choices for this one: 1)Model Festival(4/4). powerful, but kinda easy to do. 2)Variations on a Well Known Sea-Chanty(2/4). It`s 4 pages and pretty powerful at points. The opening is strong, then dies down to long half notes. Then we`re back to powerful again, and it lasts powerful, and at pointes very fast, until the 3rd page. Then it picks up at the 4th to finish strong. It`s awesome, to me.

To listen to: Pachelbel`s Cannon in D Major. Easily the best I`ve listened to. Of course...I haven`t listenedd to many...but still.

_-Nate-_

My fav. piece is Telemann`s Viola Concerto in G Major. Does anyone know where I can find the free sheet music online? Just the 1st movement Largo would be good enough - cheers!

I like to play Bach`s first suite, it`s good for when you don`t really want to practice...
Dvorak`s New World Symphony (9th, I think) is so much fun to listen to, even perform in orchestra.

My favourite piece to play is probably Accolaÿ´s violin concertino. It´s quite easy but still fun.
My favourite piece to listen to is Mozart´s Requiem. It´s not exactly a piece but it´s still the best I´ve heard.. (mostly Lacrimosa, Confutatis and Domine Jesu Christe)At least for the moment. I use to change my mind a lot. Before it was Mendelsohns violin concerto. 1st mouvment. It´s really nice.

I don`t have just one favorite...

I really liked playing the "Grand Canyon Suite" and the "Russian Easter Overture" but there are so many pieces that I love to play...

I love to listen to Barber`s "Adagio for strings" and the "Russian Easter Overture" but again, there are many favorites.

I am 10 years old and I am on the seventh book of Suzuki but I still love all movements of Concerto in A Minor by Vivaldi. I also enjoy playing Dvorak`s Humoresque.
Anyone doing Suzuki should try remembering back to Andantino!!! (if ur in book five or six or seven)

my favourite piece to play is the Barcarole by Tchaikovsky which was transposed from a piano piece.
favourite to listen to would be the first movement from schubert`s symphony No.8 `unfinished`. or mozart`s sinfonia concertante in E-flat for violin, viola and orchestra i would like to be able to play that some day with the down tuning too Oooo!!!