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Vivaldi, The Four Seasons

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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Vivaldi and the Solo Violinist

The first real appearance of the soloist here is as part of a trio, with two other solo violinists playing three different birdsongs at the same time. Vivaldi wrote for this passage, thunderstorms, those heralds of spring, casting their dark mantle over heaven. The contrast between the fiery, low, thirty-second notes and the rushing upwards of the windslash lightning makes this just as convincing a storm as those of Strauss and Beethoven.

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