Checking the larger but less easily searchable catalog at Archiv Music, I found autumn, but apparently no recording of summer is currently available except vintage LPs on eBay or elsewhere, which is where I tracked down the instrumentation. I knew about Mihaud’s “seasons” concertinos, but found only the spring and summer ones on Ariama. Concertino d’été (summer), for viola and ensemble of 9 instruments. Five Seasons,cantata for chorus, oboe, English horn, harp, and string orchestra. The titles of the eight movements give no indication of what season they refer to, but this concerto was composed as a companion piece to Vivaldi’s set. Cage’s first orchestral work (1947), a ballet choreographed by Merce Cunningham. Six Seasons’ Songs, for soprano and piano (in Swedish). The Seasons, for flute, clarinet, and chamber orchestra. Here is a list, not at all exhaustive, of nearly two dozen of these other, lesser-known works. Simply entering “seasons” brought 97 pages of results, and I looked at 39 before I decided I had reached the point of diminishing returns. Looking for such pieces on Google is a hopeless task, so I went to companies that sell classical CDs. Maybe you know that other composers have written pieces or sets of pieces about the four seasons, but I’ll bet you don’t know all of these.

As a matter of fact, when I looked at the various “answers” sites on line, that’s the only answer most of them gave!Įveryone with any interest in classical choral music knows that Haydn’s last oratorio is called The Seasons.

Nearly everyone knows that Vivaldi composed a set of violin concertos called The Four Seasons.

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