Composer Antonio Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in E major
RV 269 ‘Spring’ – Complete Concerto Classical Music HD
Antonio Vivaldi composed The Four Seasons (‘Le quattro stagioni’ in its original Italian) in 1723.
It is a set of 4 violin concertos that propose an early form of descriptive music: for example, Winter makes prominent use of pizzicato notes in high registers, whereas Summer evokes a storm in its final movement.
The work was first presented as part of Op. 8, being later cataloged as RV 269, 315, 293 & 297. The Four Seasons remain very popular to this day, some of its concertos spawning a great number of derivative works, whereas thousands of recordings of the original pieces have been made.
It is still debated if Vivaldi wrote these concertos to accompany four sonnets that may have been written by himself.
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (nicknamed “The Red Priest” because of his red hair) was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice, and widely recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers.
His influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe. He is mainly known for his instrumental concertos -especially for the violin- as well as his sacred choral works and over 40 operas. His best-known work is a series of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons.
Many of Antonio Vivaldi were written for the female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for abandoned children where Vivaldi worked in the 1703-1715 and 1723-1740 periods. After meeting Emperor Charles VI, Vivaldi moved to Vienna hoping for preferment. The Emperor died soon after Vivaldi’s arrival, and the composer died without a steady source of income. Though Vivaldi’s music was well-received during his lifetime, it later declined in popularity until its vigorous revival in the first half of the 20th century.
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was born in Venice, Italy March 4, 1678, and died July 28,1741 in Vienna, Austria.
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