Seasonal Music: Songs About Spring
25 March 2012
Cherry blossom trees bloom along the Tidal Basin in Washington. The city holds an annual Cherry Blossom Festival. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the gift of the original trees from Japan
BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein.
STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. This week on our program, we play some favorite songs about spring.
(MUSIC - Antonio Vivaldi "SPRING")
BARBARA KLEIN: On earlier shows, we have brought you some of our favorite songs about summer, autumn and winter. Now it is spring in the northern part of the world so it is time to celebrate that season. Many people think of this classical music piece when they think "spring." It is Allegro from Concerto Number One "Spring" from the "Four Seasons." Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi wrote it in the seventeen hundreds.
(MUSIC - Antonio Vivaldi "SPRING")
STEVE EMBER: Spring is a wonderful season to celebrate rebirth and new life. The long, cold winter is over. The weather is warmer and sunnier. The trees again have leaves and the flowers are blooming. The season represents hope, joy and beauty.
However, not all songs about spring are happy. This song by K.D. Lang is about dreaming of spring in cold dark places. She recorded "I Dream of Spring" in two thousand eight.
(MUSIC - K.D. Lang "I DREAM OF SPRING")
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