Earworm of the day: Bruch's Adagio

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZjw9pN0kX0Can classical music provide earworms? For me, it can. I end up humming or whistling the melody for days, which can be awkward, as there’s usually a much larger range of tones to be covered, and the melodies tend to be much more complicated than those of the average pop song.

Anyway, during a recent train journey I listened to Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto in g-minor, and the second movement, the Adagio, has stayed with me. The version I have on CD is with Yehudi Menuhin and it’s hauntingly beautiful, but the version with Joshua Bell that I found on YouTube is excellent, too.

Do you have classical earworms?

– Rike Horstmann[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]