Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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🌩️ Vivaldi attached a sonnet to each of the Four Seasons. For the first movement of Summer, the words are unsparing:

"Sotto dura stagion dal sole accesa
langue l'huom, langue 'l gregge, ed arde il pino;
scioglie il cucco la voce, e tosto intesa
canta la tortorella e 'l gardelino.
Zeffiro dolce spira, ma contesa
muove Bora improviso al suo vicino;
e piange il pastorel, perché sospesa
teme fiera borasca, e 'l suo destino."

Exhaustion, heat, and a storm already closing in. Vivaldi wrote the scene, and then made you feel every second of it.

🎵 Antonio Vivaldi — The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 315 "Summer": I. Allegro non molto
Violin: Elli Choi
Orquesta Reino de Aragón, cond. Ricardo Casero

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