Music that makes woodworking impossible

[RobNichols]

Following on from another thread, where being distracted by Radio 3 became a discussion topic, I wondered what music others would find too distracting to listen to while using sharp or fast spinning tools.

Here's one to start with:

Barber's Agnus Dei

 

[Tris]

 

[dzj]

Anything to do with the Second Viennese School.

Zwölftonwerbung

 

[Fred48]

Thanks for starting this thread Rob
Widor Toccata Symphony no 5. Frank Davis our music teacher used to play it once every term. Utterly stunning
Fred

 

[Chubber]

Bach Cello Suite No 1 Prelude.

If I 'm not on motorway I will even pull over to listen. The machines go off, I sit down and feel it.

 

[RobNichols]

That's a piece I couldn't keep still to.

 

[RobNichols]

Thanks for starting this thread Rob
Widor Toccata Symphony no 5. Frank Davis our music teacher used to play it once every term. Utterly stunning
Fred

Nice. Reminds me of sitting with my father at Three Choirs festivals in our local cathedrals.

 

[RobNichols]

Bach Cello Suite No 1 Prelude.

If I 'm not on motorway I will even pull over to listen. The machines go off, I sit down and feel it.

Lovely choice. I like the St Matthew Passion a lot, but that Cello suite is just sublime.

 

[Bumble]

I think I can concentrate on my work with any music being played.

Except maybe Handel and Wagner.
Mozart and Monteverdi would also be dangerous.
I will not be able to work with Verdi, Donizetti, Vivaldi or Bellini going on either.
In fact I think it would just be safer to say absolutely no opera from Caccini to Saariaho.
No sacred works at all.
Or any tonal poems.
Actually, I'll just say music is banned from the workshop.