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Vivaldi’s Autumn

Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741) – a Catholic priest, but who spent much of his time as a composer than a pastor due, as he confessed, to his own precarious health. but also, likely, from proclivity – was one of the most voluminous musicians of the baroque, who were, as we saw recently with Telemann, were not known for their paucity, pusillanimity or lack of work ethic.

Vivaldi wrote many of his works for the girls’ orphanage, of which he was chaplain and cappelmeister. They are still masterpieces.

Much could be said, but let us for know give a listen to one part of his most popular work, The Four Seasons. This was ahead of its time, incorporating ‘sounds’ of the seasons in the instruments. Here we have Autumn, with the violins and violas mimicking barking dogs, hunting parties and roaring fires. I did not know that Vivaldi also composed sonnets to go along with the music – these follow the video in the text, in their original Italian, along with translations, which you may enjoy while sitting before your own ‘fire’, metaphorical or otherwise, after whatever this fall may bring.

Praise the Lord

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