The Four Seasons

Additional Notes

When Vivaldi published this work he included poems to tell what his music described in each season. In this arrangement first comes Spring, where birds are singing and streams are murmuring; next comes Summer, where thunder roars and flies buzz around; next comes Autumn, where hunters emerge with horns and dogs; next comes Winter, where we rest at home by the warm fire. We end the arrangement by a return to Spring. There are some fun harp sounds, when the summer flies are described by harmonics and the thunder is described by loud octave sixteenth notes.