Antonio Vivaldi (1676-1741) The Four Seasons Complete, Op. 8 No. 1-4
Contents:
SPRING
Spring from the Four Seasons (RV269; Op. 8, No. 1) Score: 23 pages. Duration ca. 10:42
I. Allegro - Spring has returned. Song of the Birds. All is gay, and the birds sing happily.
FLOWING FOUNTAINS: Fountains play in the breeze, constantly moving.

THUNDER: The skies are dark; lightning flashes and thunder roars.
SONG OF THE BIRDS: After the storm, the birds return with their song.
II. Largo - THE SLEEPING GOATHERD: On the flowered meadow, the goatherd and his dog roam among the blossoming trees. The Barking Dogs
III. Allegro - PASTORAL DANCE: Nymphs and shepherds dance to the bagpipes under the beautiful skies of spring.

SUMMER
Vivaldi: Summer from the Four Seasons, Op. 8 No. 2 (RV315) Score: 31 pages, Duration: ca 10:00, 3 movements
I. Allegro non molto
LANGUISHING IN THE HEAT
Man and beast wilt in the burning sun; even the evergreens feel the heat.
THE CUCKOO
The Cuckoo sings loudly.
THE DOVE
And the songs of the turtledove and goldfinch are ardent.
THE GOLDFINCH
The gentle breezes sigh.
CHANGING WINDS.
but the north wind suddenly appears and starts to quarrel.
THE NORTH WIND
A frightened shepherd weeps in fear and bemoans his fate.
II. Adagio
The fierce lightning and terrible thunder makes the shepherd unable to rest his weary body.
BLUE-BOTTLE FLIES
III. Presto
TEMPESTUOUS SUMMERTIME
The shepherd is right to be afraid. The sky flashes and the thunder is awesome.
Grain and fruit are destroyed by the storm.

AUTUMN
Vivaldi: Autumn from the Four Seasons, Op. 8 No. 3 (RV316) Score: 27 pages, Duration: 10:37, 3 movements.
I. Allegro. The peasants dance and sing, hailing the fruits of the harvest.
The drunkard drinks deeply from the cup of Bacchus.
The Drunks. A Drunk.
The drunkards fall into a deep slumber.
II. Adagio molto. The drunkards sleep soundly; the season is mild; peace and rest overtake all the joyous peasants.
III. Allegro. The Hunt.
As dawn breaks the hunter appears with his horn, hound, and gun.
The prey appears; the chase is on.
The prey is bewildered by the clamorous dogs and the noise of the guns.
Fatigued and wounded, the prey falls and dies.

WINTER
Vivaldi: Winter from The Four Seasons, Op. 8 (RV297) Score: 23 Pages, Duration: ca. 8:30, 3 movements.
I. Allegro non molto. We shiver in the snow and are pierced by the cruel winds.
We run and stamp our feet at every step.
Our teeth chatter with the cold.
II. Largo. We pass the day contented by the fireside; outside it is raining very hard.
III. Allegro. We carefully walk on the ice. We are afraid we may fall.
We Slip and fall. We get up and bravely try again.
The ice is breaking, the cracks are wide.
The shrieking winds are at war.
Such is winter, but it has its joys.

Song List:

Andy Renwick's Ferret

Angus Campbell

Archie Menzies

The Banks Hornpipe

Bear River Jig

Bee's Wing Hornpipe, The

Belfast hornpipe, The

Belfast Jig

Big John McNeil

Bonaparte Crossing The Alps

Bonniest Lass in a' the World, The

Bonny Lass of Fisherrow, The

Bonny Lea Rig, The

Brae Reel, The

Braes of Auchtertyre, The

Brenda Stubbert's Reel

Caber Feidh

Cape Breton Wedding Reel, The

Captain Campbell

Carleton County Breakdown

Carnie's Canter

Chaisson Reel, The

Cheticamp Reel, The

Chorus Jig

Come Under My Plaidie

Compliments To Buddy Macmaster

Cutting Ferns

Darlin' Don't You Meddle Me

Delphine's Reel

Democratic Rage, The

Devil In The Kitchen

Dillon Brown

Dinkie's Reel

Don't Be Teasing

Dr Keith, Aberdeen

Dragger's Reel, The

Drunken piper, The

Dublin Porter

Duke of Gordon's Birthday, The

Durang's Hornpipe

East Neuk of Bear River, The

Emil Gaudet's Reel

Farmer's Daughter, The

Farmer's Reel, The

Fay's Hornpipe

Fermoy Lasses

Fig For A Kiss

Fisher's Hornpipe (F Setting)

Fred Wilson's Hornpipe

Glencoe March

Green Meadow Reel

Haggis, The

Hector's Fancy

Hector's New Dance Hall

High Level Hornpipe, The

Homeward Bound

Honeymoon, The

Inverness Jig

Irishman's Heart To The Ladies

Iron Man, The

Island Boy

Jack Webster's Reel

Jackson's Jig

Jenny Dang The Weaver

JEROME'S FAREWELL TO GIBRALTAR

Jerry Holland's Jig

Joe Kearney's Reel

Joe MacInnis' March

Kenmure's On and Awa', Willie

Killiecrankie

Koehler's Hornpipe

Lad O'beirne's Reel

Lasses of Glenaladale, The

Levantine's Barrel

Light and Airy

Little Donald In The Pigpen

Little Jack's Reel

Londonderry Hornpipe

Lord Gordon

Lord MacDonald's Reel

Macdonald's March Reel

Mackinnon's Rant

Marchioness of Tullibardine, The

Marie ? Pierre

Marquis of Huntly, The

Meeting of Waters, The

Miller o' Drone, The

Miller's Reel

Miramichi Fire, The

Miss Barker's Hornpipe

Miss Georgina Campbell

Miss Gordon

Miss Lyall Strathspey

Miss Maxwell

Mr. Murray

Munlochy Bridge

Munster Lass, The

North Side of the Grampians, The

Northside Tune

Orange and Blue, The

Ottawa Valley Reel

Paddy On The Turnpike

Pigeon On The Gatepost

Plains of Boyle, The

Poppy Leaf, ThePride of the Ball

Prince Edward Island Wedding Reel

Princess Reel

River Bend Jig

Robert Cormack, Aberdeen

Robert Stubbert

Rock Valley Jig

Rose in the Garden, The

Rose of Tennessee, The

Rothiemurchus Rant, The

Royal Circus Jig

Shandon Bells

Shores of Lough Gowna, The

Silver and Gold

Sleepy Maggie

Souris Breakwater

Southern Melody

St Anne's Reel -Original Version

St Anne's Reel -Prince County Version

St Kilda Wedding

Stack Of Barley

Stella's Trip To Kamloops

Stool of Repentance, The

Teviot Bridge

Trip To Windsor

West Point Jig

When I Go Out the Door

Where the North River Flows

Whiskey Jig

Wilfred's Fiddle

You Married My Daughter, and Yet�

Item Number: S0.1045365

This instrumental quartet version was created with ensemble practice in mind for beginning music school students who want more contact with baroque music, ideal also for liturgical performances in churches, since it is a sacred work. This version lasts 3:19 minutes with the original melody adapted with the harmony divided between the voices of the performers.

Jesu joy of man's desiring or Wohl mir, da� ich Jesum habe (I am happy to have Jesus) is a chorale from the cantata 147 "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" or "Heart and mouth and deed and life" from the B. W. V 147 catalog composed by Johann Sebastian Bach around 1723, where the same music in different stanzas of a chorale closes both parts of the cantata.

Song List: All Is Well Bozrah Consolation (Morning Song) David's Lamentation Dundee (Norwich Tune) Evening Shade Fairfield GREENLAND Holy Manna Idumea Jesus Wept (When) Kedron Lone Pilgrim Middlebury Nativity New Britain (Amazing Grace) O Come, Come Away Promised Land Quapah Restoration Star In The East Tender Thought Union Vernon Wayfaring Stranger Wondrous Love