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Soak in the Sun with WDAV’s “Days of Summer” Playlist

July 28, 2021WDAV BlogNews & Features, Playlists, UncategorizedComments Off on Soak in the Sun with WDAV’s “Days of Summer” Playlist

Start pouring the lemonade – this is your sign to slow down and savor the best of summer! Following the course of a perfect summer day, this classical playlist captures the season’s simplest and most blissful moments: an early riser’s view at daybreak, a leisurely afternoon in the sun, a picturesque evening on the water, and a night sky filled with stars.

  1. The Fisherman’s Song (Yi Chen)
  2. Daphnis And Chloe, Suite No. 2: Daybreak (Maurice Ravel)
  3. Dichterliebe, Op. 48: 12. Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen (Robert Schumann)
  4. The Seasons, Op. 37a: VII. July. Song of the Reaper (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
  5. The Seasons: IV. Summer (Thea Musgrave)
  6. Dances in the Canebreaks (Arr. W.G. Still for Orchestra): No. 2, Tropical Noon (Florence Price)
  7. Letniy den (Summer Day), Op. 65bis: III. Waltz (Sergei Prokofiev)
  8. Crosswinds: 1. Blue Ridges, Dappled Sunlight, Mountain Waltz (Margaret Brouwer)
  9. 5 Songs of Sun and Shade: No. 1, You Lay So Still in the Sunshine (Samuel Coleridge-Taylor)
  10. Summer Song (Miguel del Águila)
  11. Kesailta (Summer evening), Op. 1 (Oskar Merikanto)
  12. Pres de la mer, Op. 52: No. 4. Allegro moderato (Anton Arensky)
  13. Summer Night on the River (Frederick Delius)
  14. Beau Soir, L. 6 (Claude Debussy)
  15. The Daisy-Chain: Stars (Liza Lehmann)
  16. Summerland (William Grant Still)
   

You can listen to these selections on our Days of Summer playlist on Spotify.

         

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