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Grace Notes: Spring

spring.jpgAccording to the calendar, spring has arrived. Although we are still experiencing the last vestiges of winter's barren, desolate ways, the light and verdure of spring beckon us. Seasonal music allows us to appreciate, cherish and rejoice at nature's miraculous changes of beauty, coloration and serenity.

Here are a few suggestions from the Library's CD collection:

Bach, Johann Sebastian. Brandenburg Concerto #3

Glazunov, Alexander. "Spring" from The Seasons

Grieg, Edvard. "Morning" from Peer Gynt Suite

Haydn, Franz Joseph. The Creation

Mendelssohn, Felix. "Spring" from Songs Without Words

Rossini, Gioachino. William Tell Overture

Schubert, Franz. Die Schone Mullerin

Strauss, Johann Jr. Blue Danube Waltz

Strauss, Richard. "Spring" from Four Last Songs

Vivaldi, Antonio. "Spring" from Four Seasons

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