SPRING (VIVALDI FOUR SEASONS)
Orchestra: Musici di San Marco
Conductor: Alberto Lizzio
Spring is the first concerto of The Four Seasons, which is a set of four violin concertos composed by Antonio Vivaldi in 1723.
The movements of Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op.8, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring) are:
1. Allegro
2. largo
3. Allegro Pastorale
The sonnet for the Spring is as follows in its orginal Italian with an English translation:
Italian | English |
| La Primavera | Spring |
Allegro
Giunt' è la Primavera e festosetti
La Salutan gl' Augei con lieto canto,
E i fonti allo Spirar de' Zeffiretti
Con dolce mormorio Scorrono intanto:
Vengon' coprendo l' aer di nero amanto
E Lampi, e tuoni ad annuntiarla eletti
Indi tacendo questi, gl' Augelletti;
Tornan' di nuovo al lor canoro incanto:
Largo
E quindi sul fiorito ameno prato
Al caro mormorio di fronde e piante
Dorme 'l Caprar col fido can' à lato.
Allegro
Di pastoral Zampogna al suon festante
Danzan Ninfe e Pastor nel tetto amato
Di primavera all' apparir brillante. | Allegro
Springtime is upon us.
The birds celebrate her return with festive song,
and murmuring streams are softly caressed
by the breezes.
Thunderstorms, those heralds of Spring, roar,
casting their dark mantle over heaven,
Then they die away to silence, and the birds
take up their charming songs once more.
Largo
On the flower-strewn meadow, with leafy branches
rustling overhead, the goat-herd sleeps, his faithful
dog beside him.
Allegro
Led by the festive sound of rustic bagpipes, nymphs
and shepherds lightly dance beneath the brilliant
canopy of spring. |
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Seasons_(Vivaldi)
