The Summer Connection 2
The Alhambra, the setting for the first movement of Manuel de Falla's "Nights in the Gardens of Spain."
Summer is more than a few months on the calendar—it’s also a state of mind.
That’s why, in their music, some composers look back at their childhood summers or conjure up a memory of a romantic summer evening. For others, it’s a season when things seem to slow down, and the weather invites us to bask in the sun or relax in the shade.
We’ve visited this time of year before, but we were just warming up.
In this hour, music by Prokofiev, Falla, Delius, Beach, Sondheim, and more
