Sink into autumn with my listening playlist, full of autumn inspired music from the world of classical music.

What’s your favourite season? I know a lot of people would say autumn (or ‘fall’ in the US). Would it surprise you to I love every season and the changes between them?… sad to see the previous season go, and to welcome the return of the new season like an old friend.

There are many depictions of the seasons in art and music, so I thought I would add a few here and link it to a youtube playlist for you to explore more.

Feel free to add your favourite pieces in the comments section below if I’ve missed something out! You’ll see I’ve included a range of instruments/emsembles/styles/periods and I hope a few that you enjoy exploring for the first time as I have.

1 Chant d’automne, Faure

Sung by soprano Mary Bevan, accompanied by Joseph Middleton

2 Four Seasons, Autumn, 3rd Movement Allegro, Vivaldi

Played by Voices of Music, with solo baroque violin from Carla Moore

3 ‘October - Autumn Song’ from The Seasons, Tchaikovsky

Solo piano Olga Scheps

4 ‘Now the Leaves are Falling Fast’, from On This Island, Benjamin Britten

Sung by Peter Pears, Accompanied by Benjamin Britten

5 ‘September’ from Das Jahr, Fanny Hensel (Fanny Mendelssohn)

Solo piano Diana Sahakyan

6 ‘The Fall of the Leaf’, Imogen Holst

Solo cello Amily Airhart

7 ‘September’ from Vier Letzte Lieder, Richard Strauss

Sung by Renee Fleming, at the Proms, in 2001

8 The Seasons: 1. Autumn, Thea Musgrave

Solo clarinet Concerto played by Victoria Soames Samek, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Thea Musgrave

9 Pensee D’automne, Massenet

Sung by Huguette Tourangeau, Accompanied by Richard Bonynge

10 Autumn Gardens, Einojuhani Rautavaara

Played by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy