Sunday, March 25, 2012

Antonio Vivaldi - Spring (from The Four Seasons)

This is by far the most famous of Italian baroque composer Vivaldi's works. You've heard it.  It's almost playful, a joyful welcome to the new green shoots.

Vivaldi was perhaps the most famous baroque composer, commissioned to write a piece for the wedding of French King Louis XV.  Strangely, he died a pauper in Vienna, and the young Joseph Hayden was in the youth choir at his funeral.



Youtube cuts this off in its prime, much like Vivaldi himself came to a sudden (and suddenly unexpected) end.  It's worth seeking out for your CD collection, assuming that it's not already there.

3 comments:

libertyman said...

An old favorite, I never tire of it.

How are you finding the seasons in Georgia? Are they significantly different?

Borepatch said...

Libertyman, the seasons here are like this:

Winter - like October and November in New England.

Spring - starts early, and is in full bore by March. Goes to May.

Summer - hot and muggy, although it's worse south and east from here. Would have been bad in the days before air conditioning.

Autumn - pretty, but lacking the show of the New England maples.

Southern Belle said...

I love Vivaldi, and the four seasons is my favorite.. thank you for posting this up, it went nice with coffee.