Spring

Birdsong and Brook

Program music, solo violin, nature imagery

Spring · Movement 1 — Allegro

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Listening question

How does Spring make nature easy to hear?

A spoken story without instrumentsOnly one slow drumbeatHigh violin figures and flowing accompanimentSilent rests with no melody

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.

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.