The four seasons: a musical calendar of favourite classics

Spring. Le quattro stagioni: "La primavera", concerto in E major op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 / Antonio Vivaldi

The lark ascending, romance for violin and orchestra / Ralph Vaughan Williams

Im Frühling, op. 36 / Károly Goldmark

Spring song, Lied ohne Worte in A major, op. 62, no. 6 / Felix Mendelssohn

Spring song, tone poem, op. 16 / Jean Sibelius

Simple gifts, from Appalachian Spring suite / Aaron Copland

Symphony no. 1 in B flat major, op. 38, "Spring", 2, Larghetto / Robert Schumann

Symphony no. 1 "Blumine", Andante allegretto / Gustav Mahler

Last spring (Elegia melody, op. 34, no. 2) / Edvard Grieg

Primavera porteña (from "4 estaciones porteñas) / Astor Piazzolla

Le coucou (from "Premier livre de pièces de clavecin") / Louis-Claude Daquin

The first day of spring / Leroy Anderson

Frühlingsstimmen / Johann Strauss.

Summer. Le quattro stagioni: "L'estate", concerto in G minor op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 / Antonio Vivaldi

A midsummer night's dream: Overture ; Scherzo ; Notturno ; Wedding march / Felix Mendelssohn

Minuet from "Summer night" (Suite op. 123) / Sergei Prokofiev

Midsommarvaka (Swedish rhapsody no. 1) / Hugo Alfvén

Summer night on the river / Frederick Delius

Verano porteño (from "4 estaciones porteñas) / Astor Piazzolla

Summertime ; A women is a sometime thing (from "Porgy and Bess") / George Gershwin

Pastorale d'été / Arthur Honegger

Summer skies / Leroy Anderson.

Autumn. Le quattro stagioni: "L'autunno", concerto in F major op. 8 no. 3, RV 293 / Antonio Vivaldi

In autumn, concert overture for large orchestra, op. 11 / Edvard Grieg

Autumn (from "The Seasons" op. 67) / Alexander Glazunov

The harvesters (from "The Tempest" suite no. 1, op. 109, no. 2) / Jean Sibelius

Feuilles mortes (from "Préludes" 2e livre) / Claude Debussy

Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral", Hirtengesang

Harvest hymn / Percy Aldridge Grainger

Otoño porteño (from "4 estaciones porteñas) / Astor Piazzolla

Hunting song, Lied ohne Worte in A major, op. 19, no. 3 / Felix Mendelssohn

String quartet in B flat major, K. 458 "Hunt", 1. Allegro vivo assai

Concertino d'automne (from "Les quatre saisons") / Darius Milhaud

Auf der Jagd (from "Cagliostro in Wien") / Johann Strauss.

Winter. Le quattro stagioni: "L'inverno", concerto in F minor op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 / Antonio Vivaldi

Christmas concerto in C major (op. 3, no. 12), 1. Pastorale (Largo) / Francesco Manfredini

The seasons: Introduction to "The Winter", adagio, ma non troppo / Joseph Haydn

Les patineurs / Émile Waldteufel

The snow is dancing (from "Children's corner") ; Des pas sur la neige (from "Préludes" 1er livre) / Claude Debussy

Messiah: Pifa (Pastoral symphony, part 1, no. 13) / George Frideric Handel

Symphony no. 1 in G minor "Winter dreams", 2. O land of gloom, o land of mist! / Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Invierno porteño (from "4 estaciones porteñas) / Astor Piazzolla

December (Christmas) from "The Seasons", op. 37a ; The Nutcracker: Scène ; Valse des flocons de neige / Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Shepherd's music from "Christmas oratorio" / Johann Sebastian Bach

The Sleighride (K. 605, no. 3) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Sleighride / Leroy Anderson.