Рет қаралды 215
SUMMER STORM - VIVALDI
Op. 4 - Presto ma non Troppo
From the 4 Seasons RV315
Arrangements and Performances by Milton Isejima
Violin by Masatori Aoki
Special thanks to "STORM CHASER DANIEL SHAW"
for providing images
NOTE
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.
Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi was inspired by nature and his own poetry to write a series of Violin Concertos to express the four seasons.
In the "Presto" (meaning super-fast) section of "Summer", Vivaldi uses music to tell the story of a shepherd and his flock caught in a sudden the Summer rainstorm.
Sometimes composers choose to write music that features one instrument over all others. Such a composition is called a concerto, a work that features the talent and skill of a solo performer, especially flash and technically difficult to perform so that the soloist can really show-off his or her skills.