Vivaldi – Four Seasons – Autumn (Sheet Music)
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00:00 Introduction
00:09 I. Allegro
05:33 II. Adagio Molto
08:24 III. Allegro
The Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni) is a group of four violin concertos by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, each of which gives musical expression to a season of the year. These were composed around 1718−1720, when Vivaldi was the court chapel master in Mantua. They were published in 1725 in Amsterdam, together with eight additional concerti, as Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione (The Contest Between Harmony and Invention).
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The great Italian composer was a genius in the way that he used music to deftly paint that scene and evoke a seasonal mood. Let’s dive in, movement by movement to his ‘Autumn’ concerto, which many regard as one of the greatest works in classical music.
The concerto has the conventional three movements, taking you through fast-slow-fast, all painting a glorious pastoral scene.
The first movement begins at a country dance at a harvest festival. The music is crisp and carefree. As the solo violin lines become more virtuosic, you can hear the dancing and jollity, with a good amount of Italian wine in the mix! You can hear the music fall to sleep before rejoining the dance.
The second movement takes the form of a beautiful Adagio molto. With softly arching strings, you can hear the cooler air of autumn arrive.
Joy returns in the third movement with a Baroque hunt and one of the most charming pieces in classical music. You can almost hear the crackle of leaves underneath the hooves of the horses and dogs as they dart over the autumnal countryside.
All three movements form one of the most evocative pieces of pastoral music, which will always put a spring in your step as things turn golden at this time of the year.
Taken from:
Orchestra, Budapest Strings
Conductor, Bela Banfalvi