When my musical world ground to a halt because of coronavirus, (about a week before the announcement of full lockdown), I decided to console myself by posting a piece of music every day that makes me happy. Friends and family chipped in with ideas too, and I’ve been thrilled at how many people have told me they’ve been following it. As time wore on, I realised that I wouldn’t be able to keep it up forever, so I decided to stop at fifty, and hopefully that will give me and others plenty to dip back into in emergencies. So here, ordered by composer, is the happiness playlist index, with links to each post. Stay happy, stay safe and enjoy the music.
J.S. Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No.2
Fugue in G minor BWV 578
Ach Herr lass dein lieb Engelein
Kron und Prei gekrönter Damen
Beethoven
Piano concerto No. 1, final movement
Beethoven Symphony No.7 Movt 4
Boëllmann
Menuet from Suite Gothique
Brahms
Rondo alla zingarese
Horn trio, movt.1
Bruckner
Symphony No.7 Scherzo
Chopin
Nocturne Op.9 No.2
Copland
Hoedown from Rodeo
Dvořák
Slavonic Dance Op.46 No.8
Elgar
Serenade for Strings
Elisa Rodrigues
Chega de Saudade
Gershwin
Summertime (Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong)
Gilbert and Sullivan
Dance a Cachucha
Handel
Coronation Anthem: Zadok the Priest
Let the bright Seraphim
Dopo Notte
Coronation Anthem: The King Shall Rejoice
Howells
The House of the Mind
Collegium Regale Magnificat
Joni Mitchell
Morning Morgantown
Julian Anderson
Bright Morning Star
Khachaturian
Masquerade Waltz
Man Overboard
The Old Man of the Mountain
Monteverdi
Ohime ch’io cado
Mozart
Fin ch’han dal vino
Palestrina
Laudate Pueri
Piazolla
Libertango
Pierre Akendengué
La Couleur de l’Afrique de Ma Chanson
Pitoni
Cantate Domino
Rachmaninov
Elegie Op.3 No. 1
Hymn of the Resurrection
Ravel
Apothéose: Le jardin féerique
Le Tombeau de Couperin – Forlane
Saint-Saëns
Aquarium
Shostakovich
Festive Overture
Sibelius
Symphony No. 2 finale
Simon and Garfunkel
59th Street Bridge Song
Stanford
Magnificat in C
Stravinsky
The Owl and the Pussy Cat
Tchaikovsky
1812 Overture
Violin Concerto
Capriccio Italien
Telemann
Concerto for Flute and recorder fourth movement
The Smiths
This Charming Man
The Waterboys
The Raggle Taggle Gypsy
Vierne
Symphony No.1 Final
