{"id":79321,"date":"2021-07-26T09:57:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T16:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/?p=79321"},"modified":"2025-12-05T15:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T23:41:10","slug":"classical-sounds-of-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/classical-sounds-of-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Classical Sounds of Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

W<\/span>armth, reflection, <\/span>and <\/span>adventure: summer can be a time for all of these and more, and classical music has explored the season in all its expressions. From Vivaldi\u2019s <\/span>\u201cSummer\u201d from <\/span><\/span>The Four Seasons<\/em>, <\/span><\/span>to Frederick Delius\u2019s <\/span><\/span>Summer Night on the River<\/span><\/span><\/em>, the literature is full of favor<\/span>ites perfect for summertime. <\/span>In this<\/span> <\/span>list, we\u2019d like to share some lesser-known romantic, modern, and contemporary pieces <\/span>of classical music <\/span>for your summer playlist.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tune in to All Classical Portland at 89.9 FM in Portland or worldwide on our web stream<\/a> to hear sounds of summer like these\u2014and check out All Classical Portland\u2019s Summer Playlist on Spotify<\/a> for some of the works featured below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cover image: Landscape in Summer <\/em>by Pierre Emmanuel Damoye, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Suite for Violin and Piano (2008) by Emma Lou Diemer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

American composer and organist Emma Lou Diemer<\/a> (b. 1927) is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara: she taught music theory and composition there for two decades. She composed her three-movement Suite for Violin and Piano for violinist Philip Ficsor, who premiered the work on May 7, 2008, at the Faulkner Gallery of the Santa Barbara Public Library. \u201cSummer Day,\u201d the work\u2019s opening movement, is cheerful, lyrical, and tonally adventurous.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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