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Summer - Artist: John Harrison
| | | Summer is one of the four violin concertos (The Four Seasons) composed by Vivaldi. The Four Seasons is Vivaldi's best-known work, and is among the most popular pieces of Baroque msuic.
Summer has three movements: Allegro, Adagio & Presto.
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Summer is the second concerto of The Four Seasons, which is a set of four violin concertos composed by Antonio Vivaldi in 1723.
The movements of Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op.8, RV 315, "L'estate" (Summer) are:
1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Presto
The sonnet for the Summer is as follows in its orginal Italian with an English translation:
Italian | English |
| L'Estate | Summer |
Allegro non molto - Allegro
Sotto dura Staggion 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, mà contesa
Muove Borea improviso al Suo vicino;
E piange il Pastorel, perche sospesa
Teme fiera borasca, e 'l suo destino;
Adagio e piano - Presto e forte
Toglie alle membra lasse il Suo riposo
Il timore de' Lampi, e tuoni fieri
E de mosche, e mossoni il Stuol furioso!
Presto
Ah che pur troppo i Suo timor Son veri
Tuona e fulmina il Ciel e grandioso
Tronca il capo alle Spiche e a' grani alteri.
| Allegro non molto
Under a hard Season, fired up by the Sun
Languishes man, languishes the flock and burns the pine
We hear the cuckoo's voice; then sweet songs of the turtledove and finch are heard.
Soft breezes stir the air... but threatening north wind sweeps them suddenly aside.
The shepherd trembles, fearing violent storms and his fate.
Adagio e piano - Presto e forte
The fear of lightning and fierce thunder
Robs his tired limbs of rest
As gnats and flies buzz furiously around.
Presto
Alas, his fears were justified
The Heavens thunders and roar and majestically
Cuts the head off the wheat and damages the grain.
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Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Seasons_(Vivaldi)
