Many of my favorite pieces of music I associate with the night sky. This is because my father, who was throughout my life a planetarium director, often used his favorite pieces of music as background during planetarium shows. Being the oldest, I frequently had the chance to tag along to planetarium shows, and sit under the dome, listening to my father’s voice. And so now, when I hear something like Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on the Theme by Thomas Tallis I find myself thinking of the constellations, and I also find myself oddly misty about the eyes.
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An excellent use of this theme is found in Peter Weir’s “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” (2003) staring Russell Crowe.
Indeed excellent. Another piece reminiscient of heavenly themes you ‘ll probably enjoy is Hovhaness’s 6th Symphony, “Celestial Gate.”