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Excitement

YourClassical Adventures: Episode 18 - Get Excited

What happens to your body when you feel excited? There is some really fun classical music to help you get excited when you need a boost.

Episode 18 playlist

Jacques Offenbach: Can-Can from Orpheus in the Underworld —This first piece is a dance style heard in operas and ballets, called a "galop".

LISTEN — Jacques Offenbach: Can-Can from Orpheus in the Underworld

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Jacques Offenbach: "Can Can" from Orpheus in the Underworld

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 — Sometimes exciting music just puts a smile on your face and lifts your mood up to a happier place. Do you hear happiness or excitement in this piano piece by Mozart?

LISTEN — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16

Felix Mendelssohn: Wedding March — Maybe you get excited for big performance with a group of friends, or maybe you feel those nerves on the first day of school? Those feelings come out in adults too, before a something big or life changing happens, like a wedding.

LISTEN — Felix Mendelssohn: Wedding March

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Felix Mendelssohn: Wedding March

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