Weather-inspired classical orchestral music 7/28/2017

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composer title Year Nationality Storm (Frontal)ThunderstormRain Fog/Mist Cloud Sun Wind/Calm Snow/Ice Optical PhenomenaFair WeatherType Nationality

Adams John Luther Clouds of Forgetting, Clouds of Unknowing 1995 American x tone poem American

Anderson Julian The Imaginary Museum 2017 British x

Arnold Malcolm Tam o'Shanter Overture 1955 British x x overture British

Atterberg Kurt Symphony no. 3 / Sun Haze 1916 Swedish x x symphony Swedish

Atterburg Kurt Symphony no. 3 / Storm 1916 Swedish x symphony

Bax Arnold November Woods 1917 British x tone poem British

Bax Arnold Tintagel 1917? British x 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 symphony 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 The Sea / 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

Glazounov The Sea 1889 Russian x x x tone poem Russian

Glazounov The Seasons / Winter 1889 Russian x ballet Russian

Gough Orlando Traditional Values / Brollie Brits 2012 British x x overture British

Grieg

Peer Gynt's Homecoming (Stormy

Evening on the Sea) 1875 Norwegian x operatic interludeNorwegian

Grime Helen Virga 2011 British x overture British

Grofe Grand Canyon Suite / Cloudburst 1931 American x x x tone poem American

Holland Theodore Ellingham Marshes 1940 British x x concerto (viola)British

Honegger La Tempete 1923 Swiss x

Hovhaness Storm on Mount Wildcat 1931 American 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 operatic interludeHungarian

Marais Tempete from Alcyone 1706 French x x

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

Nystroem Gosta Tempest Prelude 1934 Swedish x

Prokofiev Lieutenant Kije Suite / Troika 1930 Russian x tone poem Russian

Raff Joachim Orchestral Prelude to The Tempest 1879 Swiss/German x overture German

Raff Joachim Symphony no. 1 / The first snow 1883 Swiss/German x symphony

Raff Joachim Symphony no. 9 / A hot day 1878 Swiss/German x symphony

Ravel Daphnis and Chloe 1912 French x overture French

Ravel La Valse 1920 French x ballet

Rimsky-Korsakov Scherezade / Finale 1888 Russian x tone poem Russian

Rossini William Tell Overture 1829 Italian x overture Italian

Sibelius Night Ride and Sunrise 1908 Finnish x symphony

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

Weather-inspired classical orchestral music 7/28/2017

Sibelius Tapiola 1926 Finnish x tone poem Finnish

Sibelius Incidental music to the Tempest 1926 Finnish x operatic interlude

Sibelius Symphony no. 6 1923 Finnish x symphony

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

Sviridov Snowstorm 1975 Russian x film score Russian

Tchaikovsky

Symphony no. 1 / Land of desolation,

land of mists 1866 German x symphony

Tchaikovsky The Tempest 1873 Russian x tone poem Russian

Tveitt Geirr

Hardanger Suite / With wolves and

reindeer in the upland storm 1955 Norwegian x x Norwegian

Tippett Symphony no. 4 1977 British x symphony 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 (violin)Italian

Vivaldi The Four Seasons / Winter 1723 Italian x x x

Vivaldi The storm at sea 1728 Italian x concerto (violin)

Williams Grace Sea Sketches / High Wind 1944 British x tone poem British

Williams Grace Sea Sketches / Breakers 1944 British x

Williams Grace Sea Sketches / Calm Sea in Summer 1944 British x x

Wagner

Entrance of the Gods to Valhalla (from

The Ring) German x operatic interlude

Wagner Overture to the Flying Dutchman 1841 German x overture German

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