The changing seasons are a beloved theme of Exploring Music. “Composers,” Bill says, “just as much as poets and painters, love to celebrate the joys, the very charms of Autumn.” Bill begins with opposite expressions: the energetic Autumn section of Alexander Glazunov’s ballet The Seasons and Mahler’s gloomy “The Lonely One in Autumn” from The Song of the Earth (Das Lied von der Erde). Bill then crosses countries, continents, and centuries in Autumn, from Europe to North America, to South America and to Japan. Please Note: for stations in the Southern Hemisphere, we have an alternate program celebrating the start of Spring. Please contact us for details.
Autumn Leaves
Playlist
Episode 1
Glazunov, Alexander: Die Jahreszeiten Op. 67; “Herbst”
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Ansermet
The Seasons, Concert Waltzes 1 & 2 / Ansermet
Lon 430348
9:26
Mahler, Gustav: Das Lied von der Erde: “Der Einsame Im Herbst”
Philharmonia Orch/Klemperer; Ludwig, mezzo soprano
Das Lied von der Erde / Klemperer, Ludwig, Wunderlich
EMI 66944
10:05
Dvorák, Antonin: Four Autumn Leaves, B. 109 (excerpts)
Inna Poroshina, piano
Complete Piano Music / Inna Poroshina
Brilliant 92606
4:06
Alwyn, William: Autumn Legend for Cor Anglais and String Orchestra
City of London Sinfonia/Hickox; Daniel, English horn
Oboe Concerto, Concerti Grossi / Daniel, Hickox
Chan 8866
12:16
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: The Seasons, Op. 37B September, October,
November, December (excerpts)
Bronfman, piano
The Seasons; Balakirev: Islamey / Bronfman
Sony 60689
13:59
Episode 2
Grieg, Edvard: In Autumn Overture, Op. 11
Royal Phil/ Beecham
Peer Gynt, Symphonic Dance No 2, Etc / Beecham, Rpo
EMI 66966
11:19
Sibelius, Jean: “Autumn Evening” Op. 38/1
City of Birmingham SO/ Oramo; Mattila, soprano
Songs / Oramo, Mattila, Et Al
Warner Cl 80243
5:10
O’Connor, Mark: The American Seasons; “Fall”
Metamorphosen Chamber Orch/ Yoo; O’Connor, violin
The American Seasons / Yoo, O’connor, Et Al
Sony 89660
5:49
Rorem, Ned: “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
Martineau, piano.; Graham, mezzo soprano
Susan Graham – Portrait
Warner Cl 327484
1:54
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, K. 458, “Hunt”, I
Emerson String Quartet
Delius: Brigg Fair / North Country Sketches / The Walk to the Paradise Garden/ In a Summer Garden
DG 552302
8:21
Delius, Frederick: North Country Sketches; “Autumn”
Orch. of the Welsh Nat’l Opera/ Mackerras
Orchestral Works
Lon 460290
8:11
Debussy, Claude: Preludes, Bk. II “Feuilles Mortes”
Ciani, piano
Préludes, Suite Bergamasque, Etc / Ciani, Vásáry
DG 453070
4:59
Kosma, joseph: “Autumn Leaves”
Karrin Allyson, vocal
Collage
Concord 4709
4:48
Episode 3
Verdi, Giuseppe: Les Vespres Siciliennes (excerpt)
Munich Radio Orch/ R. Abbado
Ballet Music / Roberto Abbado, Munich Radio Orchestra
RCA 62651
9:22
Schwantner, Joseph: Beyond Autumn
Dallas Symphony Orch/ Litton; Hustis, horn
Angelfire, Etc / Litton, Meyers, Hustis, Et Al
Hyperion 67493
17:22
Brahms, Johannes: Op. 48, No. 7 “Herbstgefühl”
Hamburger, piano; Baker, mezzo soprano
Lieder / Dame Janet Baker
BBC Legends 4200
4:20
Ashmore, Lawrence: Four Seasons; “Autumn”
Guildhall String Ensemble/ Salter; Stoltzman, clarinet
Clarinet Concerto, Bagatelles, Etc / Stoltzman, Et Al
RCA 60437
4:22
Mendelssohn, Felix: Songs Without Words, Op. 19, No. 3 “Jägerlied”
Barenboim, piano
The Four Seasons – A Musical Calendar of Favorite Classics
DG 469376
2:10
Piazzolla, Astor: Otoño Porteño
Barenboim, piano; Mederos, band
Mi Buenos Aires Querido / Barenboim, Mederos, Console
Teldec 13474
4:52
Piazzolla, Astor: Otoño Porteño
Barenboim, piano; Mederos, band
Mi Buenos Aires Querido / Barenboim, Mederos, Console
Teldec 13474
2:43
Herbert, Victor: Indian Summer
Holloway, alto saxophone; Wess, tenor saxophone; Smith, organ
Coas to Coast
Milestone Records MCD 9335
2:43
Piazzolla, Astor: Otoño Porteño
Barenboim, piano; Mederos, band
Mi Buenos Aires Querido / Barenboim, Mederos, Console
2:43
Episode 4
Haydn, Joseph: Die Jahreszeiten (excerpts)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and RIAS Chamber Chorus/Jacobs;
Petersen, soprano; Güra, tenor; Henschel, baritone
The Seasons
HM 971829
2:12
Haydn, Joseph: Die Jahreszeiten (excerpts)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and RIAS Chamber Chorus/Jacobs;
Petersen, soprano; Güra, tenor; Henschel, baritone
The Seasons
HM 971829
12:50
Kainuma, Minoru: Autumn in a Village
Uchiyama, piano; Mera, counter tenor
Japanese Popular Songs
BIS 906
2:50
Ligeti, György: Piano Etudes “Automne à Varsovie”
Aimard, piano
At Carnegie Hall
Teldec 43088
4:26
Brubeck, Dave: “Autumn in Our Town”
C. Brubeck, piano; von Stade, soprano; Vinci, flute
Frederica Von Stade Sings Brubeck – Across Your Dreams
Telarc 80467
4:07
Brubeck, Dave: Autumn in Washington Square
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Jazz impressions of New York
Legacy 46189
5:29
Ellington, Duke: Autumn in New York
Ensemble; Upshaw, soprano
Dawn Upshaw Sings Vernon Duke
Nonesuch 79531
4:24
Ellington, Duke: Autumn in New York
Bill Charlap Trio
Live at the Village Vanguard
Blue Note 97044
6:41
Ellington, Duke: Autumn in New York
Ensemble; Fitzgerald & Armstrong, vocal
Best of Ella FItzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Verve Records 314 537 909
6:05
Brubeck, Dave: Autumn in Washington Square
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Jazz impressions of New York
1:37
Episode 5
Antonio Vivaldi: “Autumn” from the Four Seasons
English Concert/Pinnock; Standage, violin
Four Seasons, Concerto For Oboe & Violin, Etc / Standage, Pinnock, Et Al
DG 426802; 10:22
Percy A. Grainger: “Harvest Hymn”
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
The Four Seasons – A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics
DG 469376; 3:39
Trad.: “Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake”
Lang, piano
Dragon Songs / Lang Lang
DG 823300; 4:03
Virgil Thomson: Autumn (Concertino for Harp, Strings and Percussion)
LA Chamber Orch/Marriner; Stockton, harp
Virgil Thomson: Music for the Films “The River” & “The Plow That Broke the Plains”
EMI 47715; 8:58
Ralph Vaughn Williams: “Linden Lea” from Songs of Travel
Burnside, piano; Williams, baritone
English Song Series 14 – Vaughan Williams: Songs Of Travel
Naxos 8.557643; 2:44
Charles Ives: Halloween
NY Phil/Bernstein
Ives: Symphony No. 2 / The Gong on the Hook & Ladder, or Firemen’s Parade on Main Street / Tone Roads No. 1 / Hymn: Largo Cantabile, for String Orchestra / Hallowe’en / Central Park in the Dark / The Unanswered Question
DG 429220; 1:54
Weill/Anderson: “September Song” (excerpt)
Brubeck, piano
Indian Summer
Telarc 83670; :39
Weill/Anderson: “September Song” (excerpt)
Ens.; Chet Baker, trumpet
September Song
OJC 087-2; 2:22
Weill/Anderson: “September Song” (excerpt)
Harry James Ens.
Ab-Mur/ September Song
Columbia; 1:19
Weill/Anderson: “September Song” (excerpt)
Ens.; Garner, piano
The Complete Savoy Master Takes
Savoy 17025; 3:04
Weill/Anderson: “September Song”
Ens.; Reinhardt, guitar
September Song
Everest; 2:32
Weill/Anderson: “September Song” (excerpt)
The Four Freshmen w/ June Christy
Road Show
Hindsight 235; 2:22
Weill/Anderson: “September Song” (excerpts)
Ens.; Sarah Vaughan, vocals
Sarah Vaughan
Polygram Records 543305; 1:33, :24, :27
Weill/Anderson: “September Song”
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs From Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Polygram Records 839838; 3:43
