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Music for Spring

A playlist of listeners’ suggestions for music for spring.

BBC Playlister Breakfast Music Box

Breakfast brings you a Music Box of pieces recommended by listeners to guide and inspire you throughout the year.

You can listen to the whole collection of works in BBC Playlister.

ComposerTitle
Franz SchubertDer Hirt auf dem Felsen for voice, clarinet and piano (D.965)
Felix MendelssohnLieder ohne Worte - book 5 (Op.62), no.6; Fruhlingslied in A major
Ludwig van BeethovenSonata for violin and piano (Op.24) in F major "Spring"; I. Allegro
Gidon KremerFlowering Jasmine
Sir Arnold BaxSpring fire symphony: I. ‘In the forest before dawn’
Manning SherwinA Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Francesco LandiniEcco la primavera
Claude DebussyImages pour orchestre
Ralph Vaughan Williams5 English folk songs, arranged for chorus: no.2; The Springtime of the year
Gabriel FauréLa fée aux chansons Op. 27, no. 2
Giuseppe VerdiTraviata - Act 1 Finale: "Follie! Follie! Delirio vano e questo! Sempre libera"
Robert SchumannSymphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 68: I. Andante un poco maestoso - Allegro molto vivace
Jennifer HigdonPiano Trio: I. Pale Yellow
Edvard GriegLyric pieces - book 3 for piano Op.43, no.6: Til varen; no.1; Sommerfugl
Thomas MorleyNow is the Month of Maying
George Frideric HandelLa Speranza e giunta (La primavera) - Act 1: Ottone, re di Germania
Patrick HadleyOne Morning in Spring
Johann Strauss IIFruhlingsstimmen [Voices of spring] - waltz for orchestra with voice ad lib. Op.410
Christian SindingRustle of Spring
Niels Wilhelm GadeSpring Fantasy, Op.23: third movement
Giuseppe VerdiLes Vepres siciliennes - opera in 5 acts: Spring [Ballet]
Jean SibeliusKuolema: Scene with Cranes

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