I tried to steer clear of the really obvious choices (like Vivaldi's "Four Seasons"). In the process, I managed to discover a few pieces and a composer that was new to me. Which, for me, is part of the fun of participating in the #ClassicsaDay feed. Here are my posts for the second week of #ClassicAutumn
10/7/19 Joachim Raff - Symphony No. 10 in F minor, Zur Herbstzeit Op.213
Subtitled "In Autumn Time," this 1880 symphony was the last of four symphonies based on the seasons. Raff revised the work extensively years after its premiere.
10/8/19 Alexander Glazunov - Autumn from "The Seasons," Op. 67
Glazunov's "The Seasons" was written for an 1899 Russian ballet. The ballet represents an allegorical journey through the months of the year.
10/9/19 Roxanna Panufnik - Autumn in Albania from "Four World Seasons"
Each movement of Panufnik's work represents a season in a different part of the world. The autumn movement is her most personal, written in tribute to her father, Polish composer Andrej Panufnik, who loved the season.
10/10/18 Einojuhani Rautavaara - Autumn Gardens
Rautavaara characterized this 1999 work as, in part, being "a sarabande in honor of the dying splendor of summer."
10/11/19 Christopher Simpson - The Monthes - October
Simpson was a 17th Century viola da gamba player. He published a set of 12 fantasias for the instruments, "The Monthes."
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