An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Scene-setting for Second Movement

Jeremy Siepmann

Classics Explained: VIVALDI - The Four Seasons (Siepmann)

1 MINUTO Y 8 SEGUNDOS • JUL 16 2001

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Introduction: Opening, upward-pointing figure

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Answering, downward figure completes the phrase

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Beginning of dialogue

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: The nature of musical conversation; repetition; ' echo ' effect

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Upward pointing to one ' target ' note

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: ' Answer ' points to two, downward notes

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Same idea repeated 3 times

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: The first Solo section: birdsong from three soloists, not one

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Repeat of ' two-pronged ' theme in orchestra

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Orchestra depicts murmuring stream, but still there's no real melody

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Further illustrative ' water studies '

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Orchestra erupts into thunderstorm

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Orchestral thunder, virtuosic ' lightning ' from soloist - but still no ' tune '

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Soloistic ' birds ' return to the air

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Variant of opening theme, with ' argument ' between two notes, one high, one low

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Cue to First Movement

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: First Movement (Complete)

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Scene setting and Main Theme of Second Movement

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Analytical comment and Main Theme again

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Main Theme varied

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Further variation, tracing slow, descending scale-steps

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Analytical discussion of ' pace ' and ' tempo ' ; further variant of main theme

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Vivaldi springs a surprise, reversing direction and heightening tension

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Analytical cue to Second Movement

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Second Movement (Complete)

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Undercover ' bagpipes ' initiate the finale

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Second part of Main Theme: new notes, same rhythm

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: An ' echo ' with a difference

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Reminder of ' echoed ' phrase in its original form

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Surprise variant provides springboard into new descending four-note pattern

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Unexpected, ' flowing ' entrance of soloist

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: The use of ' sequence ' in first extended solo

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Vivaldi prepares expectation...

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: ... and frustrates it by bringing in a new theme, using his four-note ' motto '

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Violins accompanied by flowing ' commentary ' in lower strings

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Soloist returns with new variant

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Pace slows as violins trace another four-note scalewise descent

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: The peasants return with the main theme, which turns unexpectedly downward

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Intensification as harmonies change under broad, descending four-note ' motto '

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Mini-earthquake transformed into harmonic landslide

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Critical mood-change in soloist's lonely soliloquy

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Cue to restoration of main theme in its entirety as the movement ends

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Third Movement (complete)

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Scene setting and opening of First Movement

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Expanded groups of answering phrase

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Upper and lower strings alternately succumb to lethargy

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: As in ' Spring ', soloist enters with birdsong

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Orchestra hijacks soloist's material

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Soloist returns,first as turtle-dove, then as goldfinch

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Gentle breezes give away to North Wing

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: The storm subsides; soloist enters as weeping peasant boy

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Movement ends as storm returns

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: First Movement (complete)

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Second movement opens with extremecontrasts

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Second Movement (complete)

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Stormy Weather; thunder

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Lightning from upper strings

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: More lightning: ' heat ' lightning from violins, ' fork ' lightning from violas

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Torrential rain, depicted by entire orchestra

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Deferred entry of solo violin, in virtuoso vein

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Peasant's failing resolve as violin spirals down

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Nature triumphant; soloist draws on orchestra's 'rain' music

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: The peasant's capitulation

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Third Movement (complete)

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Repetitiousness and folk music; the movement's opening

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Secondary theme, a closely related development of the first

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Solo entry restates the opening theme, ' double-stopping '

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Unexpectedly, a new theme where a repeat might be expected

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: The soloist as ' drunkard '

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Further violinistic slips and slides

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Orchestra re-enters with main theme, but is interrupted by the drunkard

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Other drunks join in ' dialogue ' with the orchestra

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: The orchestral peasants continue their dancing, but things have changed

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Enter another drunk, courtesy of the virtuoso soloist

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: The dance breaks up

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: The drunkard interrupts again, then falls asleep, breathing heavily

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Conversation amongst the sober peasants leads to their final dance

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: First Movement (complete)

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Scene-setting for Second Movement

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Second Movement (complete)

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Similarities between the Third Movement and the First

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Expectation and surprise: Vivaldi tacks on one bar too many

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: A case of predictable unpredictablity: novelty and repetition

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Soloist's double-stopping depicts hunting horns

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Orchestra yields to unexpected display of virtuosity by soloist

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Soloist suddenly takes the part of the fleeing beast

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Symmetrical paralels with First Movement: ' beast ' / ' drunkard ' etc

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Death of the quarry, end of the movement

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Third Movement (complete)

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Orchestral strings enter, part by part; soloist depicts the biting wind

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Wind subsides and returns, tormenting the trudgers through the snow

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Soloist depicts snow flurries

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Soloist's flurries interrupted by six blasts of orchestral wind

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Teeth chattering, and with stamping feet, the travellers finally reach their goal

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Cue to First Movement as a whole

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: First Movement (complete)

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Soloist's ' aria ' accompanied by pizzicato ' raindrops '

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: A sequence of simple scales, accompanied by opening rhythm

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Two scalewise ideas for the price of one: foreground and background

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: New, rising scale-pattern unfurled with ever-greater breadth

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: The pace increases eight-fold in concluding downwards scale

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Against an unvarying tempo, the pace is repeatedly varied

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Foreground / Background

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Detailed discussion of foreground / background perceptions; analogies with speech

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Second Movement (complete)

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Scene-setting; soloist begins for the first time

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Soloist rises progressively, in sequence, decoratively outling chord of the home key

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: First orchestral section; ace is halved; the undermining onset of chromaticism

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: The walkers lose their balance and stylishly fall down

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Soloist returns as the original solitary walker and strides away from the others

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: One tempo, two rates of speed: fast for the soloist, slow for the orchestra

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Orchestra evokes the warm winds of the Sirocco

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Answering blast from the Borea, the could wind of the north; struggle for supremacy

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Cue to final movement

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An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Third Movement (complete)

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Classics Explained: VIVALDI - The Four Seasons (Siepmann)

An Introduction to … VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons: Scene-setting for Second Movement