One day last week I had a moment of stress at work for some reason that is totally over and irrelevant and forgotten by now.
But at that moment, I needed something to take my brain somewhere away from the annoyance of the stress.
I remember looking at my Pandora stations and thinking 'none of these will take me somewhere else right now.'
In a brief and rare moment of brilliance, it occurred to me that I could use Pandora for classical music.
I plugged in Handel, inspired by a recent conversation with a professional cellist.
It worked instantly and it was lovely.
It's been so long since I've heard such an array of new pieces I love.
I should probably add that I thumbed down anything that came up involving flutes. I'm just not a flute kind of girl.
Here's a taste of that afternoon:
Concerto Grosso In C Minor, Op. 6/3: I. Largo Arcangelo Corelli Concerto Grosso In D Major, Op. 6/7: I. Vivace - Allegro Arcangelo Corelli Concerto Grosso In F Major, Op. 1/7: II. Largo Pietro Antonio Locatelli Concerto Grosso No. 2 In A Major ("Cor Vigilans") (from Ausserlesene Instrumental-Music): III. Grave Georg Muffat Concerto Grosso, For 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Strings & Continuo No. 3 In D Minor, Op. 2/3: II. Adagio Francesco Geminiani Sonata For Violin & Continuo In A Major, Op. 2/2, Rv 31: III. Giga Antonio Vivaldi Sonate Da Camera A Tre, For 2 Violins & Violone (Or Harpsichord) In C Major, Op. 2/3: II. Allemanda. Allegro Arcangelo Corelli Trio for 2 violins & continuo in E flat major (Tafelmusik I/4), TWV 42:Es1: II. Vivace Georg Philipp Telemann Violin Sonata in F, Op.1/12, HWV 370 (doubtful): IV. Allegro George Frideric Handel