Vivaldi Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter)
28Antonio Vivaldi Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter)
I. Allegro non molto
II. Largo
III. Allegro
Original sonnet for the concerto:
Allegro non molto
To tremble from cold in the icy snow,
In the harsh breath of a horrid wind;
To run, stamping one's feet every moment,
Our teeth chattering in the extreme cold
Largo
Before the fire to pass peaceful,
Contented days while the rain outside pours down.
Allegro
We tread the icy path slowly and cautiously,
for fear of tripping and falling.
Then turn abruptly, slip, crash on the ground and,
rising, hasten on across the ice lest it cracks up.
We feel the chill north winds course through the home
despite the locked and bolted doors...
this is winter, which nonetheless
brings its own delights.
Performed by New Asia Chamber Music Society
Soloist: Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu
Recording engineer: Shao-Ting Sun
Performance at Merkin Concert Hall, April 15, 2017
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