The Four Seasons(Vivaldi)

Vivaldi's best-known work

This is the app. to listen to Vivaldi's Four Season. It is consists of four part: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.

Play time is about 37 minutes.

[Wikipedia Quotation]

The four concertos were written to accompany four sonnets. Though it is not known who wrote these sonnets, there is a theory that Vivaldi wrote them himself, given that each sonnet is broken down into three sections, neatly corresponding to a movement in the concerto. Whoever wrote the sonnets, The Four Seasons may be classified as program music, instrumental music that intends to evoke something extra-musical.

In addition to these sonnets, Vivaldi provided instructions such as "The barking dog" (in the second movement of "Spring"), "Languor caused by the heat" (in the first movement of "Summer"), and "the drunkards have fallen asleep" (in the second movement of "Autumn"). The Four Seasons is used in the 1981 film The Four Seasons along with other Vivaldi concertos for flute.

- Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring)

1. Allegro

2. Largo e pianissimo sempre

3. Allegro Pastorale

- Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, "L'estate" (Summer)

1. Allegro non molto

2. Adagio e piano – Presto e forte

3. Presto

- Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, "L'autunno" (Autumn)

1. Allegro

2. Adagio molto

3. Allegro

- Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter)

1. Allegro non molto

2. Largo

3. Allegro

Have a fun time listening.