As we begin to thaw out and head into the first blissful months of spring, we’ve compiled a joyfully warming playlist of classical pieces to help ease you into springtime. Listen to ‘Spring’ from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, performed by Janine Jansen, on Apple Music and Spotify.ĭiscover our selection of the best classical music for spring featuring 10 essential pieces. Delius: On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Springĭelius’ tone poem On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring is a beautiful example of nature manifested in musical form and one of the best pieces of classical music for spring. It begins with a lilting, chirping theme in the strings, imitating perfectly the call of a cuckoo, before building organically into a gentle cacophony of tweeting birds.

Delius also weaves a traditional Norwegian folk song into the earthy fabric of the piece, giving it an easy, pastoral feel.Ĭlick to load video 8. Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps / The Rite Of SpringĪ work probably best described as classical marmite … but love it or hate it, Stravinsky’s ballet Le Sacre Du Printemps / The Rite Of Spring is a twisted homage to spring. Set in pagan Russia, the score is based almost entirely on fragments of no more than nine traditional Russian folk songs. The music is heavily dissonant and rhythmically aggressive, creating a soundworld that evokes the rustic whilst impinging on primitivism.

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