“Autumn” from The Four Seasons op. 8, no. 3 by Antonio Vivaldi (1678 -1741) will also be included in the up-coming Chamber Concert Series, November 24th. We have included some of this masterpiece and background below. Enjoy! grooveshark/playlist/Antonio+Vivaldi+Autumn+From+The+Four+Seasons/102329577 Antonio Vivaldi’s Le quattro stagioni (“The Four Seasons”) might very well be the most popular musical work of all time. Certainly it contains some of the most commonly heard tunes of all time—even those who profess unfamiliarity will indubitably find some portion familiar, having heard the opening of “Spring” in an elevator, for instance, or the second movement of “Winter” while holiday shopping. All four of these concerti are truly a joy to experience. A concerto of the time typically places the soloist (concertino) in contrast with the orchestra (ripieno), allowing the audience to experience a variety of textures within a short period of time. For this piece, one solo violinist sparkles presenting music that still, nearly 300 years later, involves some of the most dazzling and virtuosic passages in the repertoire. Each “Season” has with three movements apiece showing varying moods of that season, and “Autumn” provides a romp through a number of vividly depicted scenes. In the original printing, a series of sonnets appeared to provide a rather specific storyboard of sorts. While the writer—That Great Poet Anon—probably penned the verses after Vivaldi completed the work, one can almost experience the events depicted in the music: picturing a peasant dance in the first movement, the heavy sleep after a delicious meal that many of us will experience this Thursday in the second, and the thrill of the hunt in the third.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 14:15:00 +0000
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