11 of the happiest pieces of classical music ever written
The happiest pieces of classical music ever written. Picture: PA / Chris Christodoulou By Rosie Pentreath @rosiepentreath Jolly and joyful classical music is abundant in the output of many of the world’s greatest composers. Here’s a selection of our favourite cheerful tunes. There’s nothing quite like music for dictating our moods and lifting the spirits. And classical music’s collection of pieces on the joyful side of things is vast and irrepressible. The happiest tunes and most cheerful melodies have us smiling, humming and skipping a step – and they can bring us a glimmer of sunny joy, even on the darkest day. To help you complete your most ebullient playlist, here are your suggestions, and ours, of some of the most uplifting classical music there is. Beethoven: ‘Ode to Joy’ from Symphony No. 9 The ‘Ode to Joy’ in the final movement of Beethoven ’s ‘Choral’ Ninth Symphony is as triumphant as the title suggests. A final outpouring of the most triumphant music, ...
