“Now the woods put forth their blossoms, and the year puts on its bright attire.”
So wrote the Roman poet, Virgil, some 2000 years ago.
In other words--as one humorist put it more recently--“Spring is nature's way of saying, ‘Let's party!’”
In this hour, a celebration of the season with music of Morley, Vivaldi, Schumann, Debussy, Sibelius, Orff, and Strauss.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| CD Title | Group/Artist | Catalog # | UPC |
| The Four Seasons | Venice Baroque Orch. | Sony SK 51352 | 5099705135228 |
| Sibelius [for Spring Song] | Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra | DGG 289 457 654-2 | 028945765426 |
| Schumann Complete Symphonies [For Symphony No. 1 "Spring"] | Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra | Archiv 289 457 591-2 | 028945759128 |
| A Distant Mirror [for Morley "It Was a Lover and His Lass"] | Folger Consort | Delos DE1003 | 0013491100326 |
| Berlioz Romeo et Juliette, etc. [for Les Nuits d’Ete "Villanelle"] | Baker, New Philharmonia Orchestra | EMI Classics 72640 | 724357264020 |
| Carmina Burana [for "Ecce Gratum"] | Derwinger, Pontinen | BIS 5179739 | 71779479732 |
| New Year’s Concert [for Strauss "Voices of Spring"] | Battle, Vienna Philharmonic | DGG 419 616-2 | 028941961624 |
| Songs Without Words [for "Spring Song"] | Barenboim | DGG 437 470-2 | 0028945306124 |
| Debussy Orchestral Music [for "Round Dances of Spring"] | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Philips 438 742-2 | 028943874229 |
| Finzi Clarinet Concerto, etc. [for program's opening music] | Stoltzman, Guildhall String Ensemble | RCA 60437 | 090266043729 |
