Weather-inspired classical orchestral music 29/05/2012

Click here to link to the article about this table composer title Year Nationality Storm (Frontal)ThunderstormRain Fog/Mist Cloud Sun Wind/Calm Snow/Ice Optical PhenomenaFair WeatherType Nationality Bax November Woods 1917 British x tone poem British Beamish Sally The Imagined Sound of sun on Stone 2000 British x concerto British Beethoven Symphony no. 6 / Allegro 1808 German x symphony German Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique/ Scene in the Fields 1830 French x x French Berlioz Royal Hunt and Storm/The Trojans 1858 French x x operatic interlude Brian Symphony no. 10 / Scherzo 1954 British x x overture British Bridge / Seascape 1911 British x x symphony British Bridge The Sea / Moonlight 1911 British x x tone poem Bridge The Sea / Storm 1911 British x tone poem Britten Four Sea Interludes / Storm 1945 British x operatic interludeBritish Debussy La Mer/ Dialogues of wind and sea 1905 French x tone poem Debussy Nuages/Nocturnes 1899 French x tone poem French Delius Song of Summer 1931 British x x film score British d'Indy Jour d’été à la montagne 1905 French x x x tone poem d'Indy Diptyque méditerranéen 1926 French x symphony French Elkington Out of the Mist 1921 British x tone poem British Gough Orlando Traditional Values / Brollie Brits 2012 British x overture British Grime Helen Virga 2011 British x overture British Grofe Grand Canyon Suite / Cloudburst 1931 American x x x tone poem American Henze Symphony no. 6 1969 German x symphony German Klami Uuno Aurora Borealis op 38 1938 Finnish x symphony Klami Uuno Sea Pictures / 3 Bf 1931 Finnish x symphony Klami Uuno Sea Pictures / Foggy Morning 1931 Finnish x tone poem Finnish Ligeti Gyorgy Clocks and Clouds 1972 Hungarian x Hungarian Maxwell Davies Symphony no. 8 (Antarctic Symphony) 2000 British x tone poem British Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage 1828 German x tone poem Mendelssohn Fingal's Cave 1830 German x overture German Messiaen Des Canyons aux Etoiles 1974 French x x ballet Neilsen Helios Overture 1903 Danish x x concerto Nielsen Aladdin's Dream and Dance of the Morning Mist 1919 Danish x ballet Danish Prokofiev Lieutenant Kije Suite / Troika 1930 Russian x tone poem Russian Ravel Daphnis and Chloe 1912 French x overture French Ravel La Valse 1920 French x ballet Rossini William Tell Overture 1829 Italian x overture Italian Sibelius Night Ride and Sunrise 1908 Finnish x symphony Sibelius 1926 Finnish x tone poem Finnish Sibelius Incidental music to 1926 Finnish x operatic interlude Strauss J. Thunder and Lightning Polka 1868 Austrian x dance Austrian Strauss R. Alpine Symphony / Thunderstorm, descent 1915 German x x Strauss R. Alpine Symphony / Calm before the storm 1915 German x Strauss R. Alpine Symphony / Calm before the storm 1915 German x tone poem Strauss R. Don Quixote / Ride through the air 1898 German x concerto Strauss R. Alpine Symphony / The sun gradually dims 1915 German x Strauss R. Alpine Symphony / Rising mists 1915 German x tone poem German Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 1 / Land of desolation, land of mists 1866 German x symphony Tchaikovsky The Tempest 1873 Russian x tone poem Russian Tippett Symphony no. 4 1977 British x tone poem British Vaughan Williams Sinfonia antarctica/ Landscape 1952 British x x British Vivaldi The Four Seasons/ Summer 1723 Italian x x x x tone poem Vivaldi The Four Seasons/ Spring 1723 Italian x x x concerto Italian Vivaldi The Four Seasons / Winter 1723 Italian x x x Vivaldi The storm at sea 1728 Italian x concerto Webern In the Summer Wind 1904 Austrian x tone poem Austrian

FULL CITATION: Aplin K. L., Williams P. D., Meteorological phenomena in Western classical western music Weather 66, 11, 300-306 (2011) doi:10.1002/wea.765