Here we go again with Edvard Grieg. One of his most famous works after Peter Gunn or Gynt, is the serene, beautiful “Morning Mood.” This is one of these standard pieces that speak in the repertoire of late Romantic era classical orchestra music and piano transcriptions as well.
Long story short, if you want to be in peace, there are two things you should do—get in touch with God and listen up to five times on repeat to this piece. If you’re having a difficult day, this piece will for sure calm you down. Let your spirits be lifted with this piece.
One of the things that is really striking about this work is the amount of different key changes that are in there. It starts in the key of E and leaps from C sharp minor to A major and then back around to the introductory key.
The introduction of the flute carrying the melody with a lush chordal backdrop of strings is the ultimate peace factor. Keep this piece close to you in the event of stress. It makes me feel as though I am on a peaceful meadow by a moving river or stream. I want to stay here in this lush environment forever. I often spend much time studying these scores and just let the world drop around me with no cares in the world. That’s what I want to do everyday. The weaving around of the harmonies are just spectacular. Just the razor thin, but flowery nature of the flute alone is beautiful. It is rather minimalistic in nature. It’s very stark and it lets you relieve your stress for a moment. Toward the end, the piece swings back around from A or A-flat major back to E major to complete the maze. It’s definitely one of Grieg’s calmest.
