Concerto RV 293, Op. 8, No. 3 L'Autunno (I : Allegro) -- Urtext
Four Seasons - Autumn - Concerto in F Major - First Movement
This lively Allegro is the first of three movements in the Concerto RV 293, Op. 8, No. 3 (L'Autunno) by Antonio Vivaldi.This concerto is part of Vivaldi's famous Four Seasons [Le quattro stagioni], a series of four concertos part of Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione [The Contest of Harmony and Invention].
Each concerto in the Four Seasons is associated to a sonnet probably written by Vivaldi himself.
The verses corresponding to the Allegro of the Autumn concerto are as follows :
Celebra il Vilanel con balli e Canti
Del felice raccolto il bel piacere
E del liquor de Bacco accesi tanti
Finiscono col Sonno il lor godere.
[Celebrates the peasant, with songs and dances,
The pleasure of a bountiful harvest.
And fired up by Bacchus' liquor,
many end their revelry in sleep.]
Please note the following points about this Urtext edition :
- Measure 60 : the E flat in the violin part is editorial
- Measure 70 : the C natural in the violin part is editorial
- Measure 89 : the Larghetto tempo marking is editorial
- Measure 99 : the E flat in the piano part is editorial
- Measure 106 : the forte in the piano part is editorial
Duration : 04:27
Source : Antonio Vivaldi, Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, Op. 8 (Amsterdam : Le Cène, 1725).
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