What's the STRONGEST musical experience you’ve EVER had?

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Classical or Jazz music inspires me into transcendental/poetic thought.

I think the strongest musical experience I ever had was when I was in rehab about 5 years ago. I was like a week into rehab and the very last phase of heroin withdrawal had just been finished. They were driving us in the van to an NA meeting one bright Sunday Morning and the song, "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison was playing. It was so appropriate because I was feeling this faint glimmer of hope and summer was just beginning. I was transposed.

I am going to have to give up date. Today somewhere between 11 and 12pm i got sick to death of having Mendelssohn's 4th (Italian) symphony randomly infecting my head. Don't get me wrong its one of my all time favourite pieces of classical music but recently i keep hearing it in my head randomly for no reason. To try overpower it i played Antonin Dvorak 8th symphony and it just happened to be such a powerful emotional experience. Especially during the melancholic waltz that appears in the third movement. I am a real ale drinking football loving bloke from Rotherham and i had watery eyes, tears of joy though. It must be all the European red wine i have been supping making me soft. Strange thing is that i am playing through it again now and not getting an emotional response any where remotely near what i had earlier in the day, Must have been some subconscious emotional trigger that set me off earlier. Wish i knew what it was, i would love to repeat it. I sometimes wonder if its the world that getting more absurd or if it is i who is succumbing to a serious mental illness.

The most intense experiences of my life were all caused by music. My auditory hypersensitivities heighten my emotional reaction to music but leave me unable to tolerate many kinds of popular music (I prefer classical and easy listening genres which makes me unusual for an adolescent) and I frequently have to wear earplugs, avoid noisy places and sleep with ear muffs on. Maybe temporal lobe abnormalities are involved or differences in neural excitation/inhibition. I play piano and trombone however I do not have perfect pitch and my greatest talents are in maths and science rather than music.

It's hard to choose but these are among the most powerful:

While playing the Tchaikovsky's 6th with the symphony orchestra in a concert two weeks ago I was so overwhelmed with emotion that during the last movement I began hyperventilating, trembling and feeling like I was about to faint, then my eyes went weird so that it appeared like the room was dazzlingly bright and I could barely see my music.

There was also the time when I was listening to improvised chords on the keyboard that gave me the chills. The darkened room and coloured lights enhanced the effect. I became shaky and my knees felt weak. I was terrified and euphoric at the same time. The euphoria lasted for days afterwards.

Another time I had to listen to very loud music with a thumping bass. I thought that having earplugs in and putting my hands over my ears would be enough to make it bearable but after about 30 seconds I had a panic attack and fled the room.