What’s even more of a big deal is that Four Seasons helps you create some incredibly “detailed” mental pictures by casting certain instruments as “characters” or as elements of nature. Before Vivaldi, purely instrumental music rarely had a story blueprint or “program” to go along with it. What’s the big deal, you ask? The big deal is that this was a pretty new concept in Vivaldi’s day. What makes Four Seasons so special, however, isn’t its size (twelve movements total!) it’s that it manages to tell a story and capture specific scenes without the help of words…kind of like a musical painting. Concertos were Vivaldi’s specialty-works in three movements, usually written for one solo instrument and a backup ensemble. In Four Seasons, winter, spring, summer, and fall each get their own concerto composed for a violin soloist, a group of string instruments, and a keyboard. Vivaldi's original arrangement for solo violin with string quartet and basso continuo helped to define the form.Before we look at each season individually, let’s pause to consider one of the few classical pieces that was bold enough to tackle all of them in one go: Antonio Vivaldi’s set of four baroque concertos best known as the Four Seasons. At the time of writing The Four Seasons, the modern solo form of the concerto had not yet been defined (typically a solo instrument and accompanying orchestra).
Each one is in three movements, with a slow movement between two faster ones. The first four concertos were designated Le quattro stagioni, each being named after a season. 8, entitled Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione (The Contest between Harmony and Invention). For example, "Winter" is peppered with silvery pizzicato notes from the high strings, calling to mind icy rain, whereas "Summer" evokes a thunderstorm in its final movement, which is why the movement is often dubbed "Storm."The concertos were first published in 1725 as part of a set of twelve concerti, Vivaldi's Op. The texture of each concerto is varied, each resembling its respective season. Composed in 1723, The Four Seasons is Vivaldi's best-known work, and is among the most popular pieces of Baroque music. The Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni) is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. Live, unedited performance at the Wiedemann Recital Hall, Wichita State University, 6 February 2000Music by Antonio Vivaldi composed 1723 and published in 1725. John Harrison, violin, with Robert Turizziani conducting the Wichita State University Chamber Players.
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