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Tchaikovsky - The Seasons: October "Autumn Song"

Classical Music / Music Piece

October 'Autumn Song' in D minor is the 10th excerpt (October being 10th month of the calendar year) of Piotr Tchaikovsky's The Seasons, Op. 37, a set of twelve short character pieces for solo piano. Each piece is the characteristic of a different month of the year in the northern hemisphere.

The  'Autumn Song' is less popular than the other pieces in The Seasons, nevertheless its melancholy and elegiac characteristic is beautiful and poignant, a favourite of Autumn (or Fall) lovers.

Below, I'm sharing two videos from Youtube, one arranged for orchestra (sorry, I don't have the information of the conductor and the orchestra) and the other, one played on the piano by Vladimir Tropp. Enjoy! 





Suggested listening:
 
Tchaikovsky - The Seasons (full) | Piano: Vadim Chaimovich. Youtube, uploaded by HalidonMusic. Accessed September 24, 2023. 
 
The months of the year in 12 music pieces, as covered by the seasons:  
 
01 The Seasons: January. At the Fireside 00:00 
02 The Seasons: February. The Carnival 05:21 
03 The Seasons: March. Song of the Lark 08:19 
04 The Seasons: April. Snowdrop 11:00 
05 The Seasons: May. White Nights 13:51 
06 The Seasons: June. Barcarolle 18:30 
07 The Seasons: July. Reaper’s Song 23:46 
08 The Seasons: August. The Harvest 25:38 
09 The Seasons: September. The Hunt 29:06 
10 The Seasons: October. Autumn Song 32:10 
11 The Seasons: November. On the Troika 38:36 
12 The Seasons: December. Christmas 41:49 
 
Tchaikovsky's The Seasons, Op. 37a (also seen as Op. 37b, published with the French title Les Saisons), is a set of twelve short character pieces for solo piano by the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Each piece is the characteristic of a different month of the year in the northern hemisphere. Individual excerpts have always been popular – Troika (November) was a favourite encore of Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Barcarolle (June) was enormously popular and appeared in numerous arrangements.
 
Video Credit:
 
Tchaikovsky's "Autumn Song" arranged for Orchestra. Youtube, uploaded by Ensimon. Accessed September 24, 2014.

Tchaikovsky - The Seasons: 'Autumn Song' - Vladimir Tropp (pianist). YouTube, uploaded by pianushko. Accessed September 24, 2014.


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