10 pieces of classical music that will 100% change your life
10 pieces of classical music that will change your life (pictured: Romanian Athenaeum). Picture: Alamy By Classic FM @ClassicFM Hold on to your hats – if you haven’t heard any of these musical works of genius, your life is about to be changed 10 times in a row. Classical music can calm nerves, fire up the senses and spark creativity. It can also be uniquely life-affirming. Here are the 10 major works we recommend you devote some time to. With the depths of their passion and beauty, we think they have the power to move everyone – with life never being quite the same afterwards. J.S. Bach: St Matthew Passion What is it? It’s one of two ‘Passion’ oratorios that have survived since Bach died (he could’ve written up to five), but it’s also become one of his most celebrated pieces. The original title is Passio Domini nostri J.C. secundum Evangelistam Matthæum (the ‘J.C.’ stands for Jesus Christ, which is maybe a bit familiar for someone he hadn’t met… but we’ll let him...