Mac'nClassicalCheese - Jun 7, 2023
Before there was digital media, fast traveling news, and easy access to transportation that could take you miles from your home, the natural world was much more of an influence for artists. Many composers wrote pieces that were influenced in some way or another by nature – whether it was a pieces written after a specific geological site like Mendelssohn's The Hebrides Overture, or just a general nod to nature like Glazunov's music for the allegorical ballet, The Seasons. We have a mix of popular pieces and some hidden gems today and will be closing out with likely the most famous piece in the playlist, the 1st movement from Beethoven's 6th Symphony, "Pastoral."
The Seasons, Op.67, Pt.4 "Autumn": No.15, Petit Adagio
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Brook Green Suite: II. Air
Gustav Holst
The Hebrides - Overture (Fingal's Cave) Op. 26
Felix Mendelssohn
Années de Pelerinage, 1st year "Swiss", S. 160: No.7 eclogue
Jenő Jandó
La Poule
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Má Vlast (My Country): Vltava (Moldau)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ut Mot Havet (Out to Sea)
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, TrV 233: No. 22, Nacht II (Live)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande. Allegro ma non troppo
Ludwig van Beethoven
