Summer is a season that has inspired many composers through the ages. Let's discover some of those sunny pieces!

The sun is shining, it's hot outside, and the beach is calling... What a great season summer is! And the composers will definitely agree, as they've composed quite a lot of pieces to depict it through music. Here's a non-exhaustive selection:

Alexander Glazunov: The Seasons, 3. Summer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Seasons: VII. July. The Reaper’s Song
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Seasons: VIII. August. The Harvest
Antonio Vivaldi: Four Seasons, Summer, III. Presto
Max Richter: Vivaldi's Four Seasons recomposed - Summer 2
George Gershwin: Summertime
Nils Lindgren: «Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day»
Hugo Alfvén: Uti vår hage
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Midsummer night’s dream, XI. Dance of the Clowns
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Midsummer night’s dream, XII. Finale
Joseph Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten, Der Sommer, N°9 «Sie steigt herauf die Sonne»
Astor Piazzolla: Verano porteño
Chet Baker: Summer Sketch
William Grant Still: Three visions, II. Summerland