Interspersed throughout the latter half are moments of repose, inserted perhaps to portray the deep sleep that has overcome those revelers who had imbibed too much liquor. The first movement, marked Allegro, opens with a chipper, rhythmic theme that bears some resemblance to its effervescent counterpart in “Spring.” But here the music is a bit less buoyant, perhaps a tad more emphatic and muscular in its rhythmic features, too, but all to depict a hearty peasant celebration at the end of a bountiful harvest. Like the other “Seasons,” its music was written to depict pastoral scenes and events described in a sonnet that accompanies the score. It is subtitled “Autumn” and, like the other concertos, is made up of three movements, with the usual fast-slow-fast scheme. This is the third of four violin concertos that make up Antonio Vivaldi’s popular cycle known as The Four Seasons. The bleakness and dissonance of L’inverno (Winter) create a severe but expressive portrait that provides a striking summation of Vivaldi’s pictorial ingenuity in these four works.
L’autunno (Autumn) is marked by a folksy harvest celebration and the galloping of a hunting party on horseback. L’estate (Summer) is painted in similarly vivid colors that portray both the piping of a shepherd and a gathering storm. The birds that greet the season “with their joyful song” in La primavera (Spring), for example, are colorfully depicted in the work’s elaborately ornamented figuration. Each concerto is accompanied by a descriptive poem whose imagery becomes an essential element of the musical fabric. Aside from the features that have come to be associated with most of Vivaldi’s music – grace, virtuosity, energetic motoric rhythms – the concertos of The Four Seasons are remarkable for their extraordinary programmatic imagination, which is counterbalanced by close attention to formal structure. 8, entitled Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione (The Contest Between Harmony and Invention) and remains the composer’s best-known and most characteristic work. Four concertos, known collectively as The Four Seasons, were first published in 1725 as part of a set of twelve concerti, Op. Violin Solo, Federico Agostini, 1988Ĭomplete Playlist list=PLF2ayhcb2yRWv0HafkZjRFkpjWXuJ元JfĪntonio Vivaldi must be regarded as the indisputable king of the Baroque instrumental concerto. C’est l’œuvre la plus connue du compositeur italien.Īntonio Lucio Vivaldi – Autumn – The Four Seasons – Le Quattro Stagioni – “L’Autunno” – Concerto No. Une œuvre musicale composée de 4 concertos pour violons, symbolisant chacun une saison.
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