I love this key as well.. i also love the instances where it's major becomes a Picardy third at the end, Becoming F-sharp major 

This reminds me of the beginning of little me from little mix

Wonderful! Your descriptions fit the Andantino movement of Schubert's piano sonata in A very well too!

I've always found F-Sharp Minor a particularly bleak key - not sombre, but filled with hopelessness, where everything good would slowly fade into shadow. This portrays that perfectly, in what may be the darkest character in this entire series.

Paolo, what a blessing to come across this outstanding CBC production by accident in the car.  Together with our 12-yr-old son we were mesmerized. Educational, thought provoking, sensitive, enjoyable, indescribably sensuous.  A lovely musical experience to share with family in today' society.

I have been listening to all these since the start.... absolutely fascinating.... love the music and the commentary. I play this one on flute "Pavane"

Noticing that there are flutes in this. Does this mean F#m is the key for flute? I play in all keys on flute with equal happiness.

I think of flutes as happier than this. Flute is my first instrument.... spiritual for me.

Winter

The great Australian diva first came to Seattle in 1966 because of a lucky connection:  the Seattle mezzo-soprano Dori Cole, who was touring the opera houses “Down Under” with Sutherland and her conductor husband Richard Bonynge.

In his unpublished memoirs, Glynn Ross recalls: “Knowing that he [Bonynge] and Joan were trying to enlarge their repertoire, I offered them the possibility of doing “Lakmé” in Seattle. And since there was only one not-so-good recording by Mado Robin, they might want to record it after the production in Seattle.” 

The “Lakmé” was an unequivocal triumph for Sutherland, who would later return to Seattle for Donna Anna, the “Hoffmann” heroines, and “Le roi de Lahore.” “Her voice is like a pliant golden cord, full and rich and beautiful through her extraordinary range,” wrote The Seattle Times of her Lakmé. Sutherland and Bonynge recorded the opera later that year in Monte Carlo, for Decca. 

Here, from the Seattle performance, Sutherland sings the famous Flower Duet (“Sous le dôme épais”) with Huguette Tourangeau, the Canadian mezzo who was her frequent partner. 

Richard Bonynge conducts Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau, and the orchestra of Seattle Opera. Photo of Glynn Ross and Joan Sutherland in costume by James D. Wilson for Newsweek.

JOAN SUTHERLAND as Lakmé

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D major: Miss Congeniality

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The key signatures of music are kind of like the signs of the zodiac. If you take all the music in a given key, you’ll discover certain characteristics —﻿ characteristics that can define your personality.

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A major: The Will-o'-the-wisp

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C minor: The Tortured Genius

F-sharp minor: The Recluse


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F-sharp minor: The Recluse

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition-1

Unofficial Remix of Hooverphonic Song " Wake up"
Original Version appears on Album "No more sweet Music"

Hooverphonic - Wake up (Ferance Single Remix)

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E minor: The Handsome Rogue

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Visit CBC Music to learn more about the characteristics of all the key signatures covered so far. Which key are you? www.cbcmusic.ca/signatureseries

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B-flat minor: The Wounded Man

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