Tag: Winter

So, what to listen to on a day like today, with gravity-defying snow squalls and raging winds? Here’s a baker’s dozen worth of suggestions, with audio links, posted alphabetically by composer.

Sir Edward Elgar – The Snow

Howard Hanson – Symphony No. 1 “Nordic”

Icelandic Traditional – Edda: Baldur’s Dream, rendered by Sequentia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1qm–InMLQ

David Lang – The Little Match Girl Passion

Franz Liszt – Transcendental Etudes: Chasse-neige

Sergei Prokofiev – Alexander Nevsky: Battle on the Ice

Henry Purcell – King Arthur: Song of the Cold Genius

Einojuhani Rautavaara – Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds and Orchestra):

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Christmas Eve

Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 2

Georgy Sviridov – The Snow Storm

Ralph Vaughan Williams – Sinfonia Antarctica

Richard Wagner – Richard Wagner, Die Walküre: Act I, “Winterstürme”

You’ll be able to hear some of “Alexander Nevsky,” as written for the film (as opposed to Prokofiev’s concert arrangement), along with another work by Sviridov, “Time Forward,” on “Picture Perfect,” this Friday evening at 6:00 EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.