Vivaldi The Four Seasons – Summer
“The Four Seasons” is one of the most famous works by Vivaldi and Baroque music in general. The cycle, consisting of four concertos, is an example of program music: each concerto is dedicated to a season and is introduced by a sonnet that reveals the images generated by the music.
"The Four Seasons" composed around 1718−1720 was a revolution in baroque music: Vivaldi depicted the sounds of flowing creeks, singing birds, a shepherd and his barking dog, buzzing flies, storms, drunken dancers, hunting, landscapes, and sounds of fireplace.
“Summer”, the second concerto of Antonio Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons", is by no means a cheerful, warm season according to the composer's imagination. The concerto is written in the key of G minor, which was often used in Vivaldi's time to convey fear and a sense of menace.
Text of the accompanying sonnet:
Allegro non molto
Under a hard season, fired up by the sun
Languishes man, languishes the flock and burns the pine
We hear the cuckoo's voice;
then sweet songs of the turtledove and finch are heard.
Soft breezes stir the air, but threatening
the North Wind sweeps them suddenly aside.
The shepherd trembles,
fearing violent storms and his fate.
Adagio e piano – Presto e forte
The fear of lightning and fierce thunder
Robs his tired limbs of rest
As gnats and flies buzz furiously around.
Presto
Alas, his fears were justified
The Heavens thunder and roar and with hail
Cut the head off the wheat and damages the grain.
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Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Artist: Botticelli Trio
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