Spring

Birdsong and Brook

Program music, solo violin, nature imagery

Spring · Movement 1 — Allegro

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Listen for

Press play and listen for quick high violin notes like birds, then a smoother line like a flowing stream. Vivaldi is turning a spring scene into sound.

Listening question

How does Spring make nature easy to hear?

High violin figures and flowing accompanimentSilent rests with no melodyOnly one slow drumbeatA spoken story without instruments

Recording: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons — John Harrison (violin), Robert Turizziani (conductor), Wichita State University Chamber Players. Clips trimmed for length and used under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.