The peasant celebrates with dancing and singingĪll are made to leave off dancing and singingīy the air which, now mild, gives pleasure There is thunder and lightning in the heavensĪnd the hail cuts down the tall ears of grain. Hangs the fearsome storm, and his destiny.īy his fear of the lightning and the frightful thunderĪnd by the flies and hornets in furious swarms. Is roused to combat suddenly with his neighbour, Join in the turtledove and the goldfinch. Languishes man and flock, the pine tree burns.

Nymphs and shepherds dance in their beloved spot The goatherd sleeps, his faithful dog beside him. To the gentle murmur of leaves and plants, 1 in E Major)Īnd in the pleasant, blossom-filled meadow, His arrangement is as follows: Spring (Concerto No. Vivaldi separated each concerto into three movements, fast-slow-fast, and likewise each linked sonnet into three sections. Other natural occurrences are similarly evoked. In the middle section of the Spring concerto, where the goatherd sleeps, his barking dog can be marked in the viola section. Vivaldi took great pains to relate his music to the texts of the poems, translating the poetic lines themselves directly into the music on the page.

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