Concerto RV 293, Op. 8, No. 3 L'Autunno (III : Allegro) -- Urtext
Concerto RV 293, Op. 8, No. 3 L'Autunno (III : Allegro) -- Urtext
Four Seasons - Autumn - Concerto in F Major - Third Movement
This lively Allegro is the third 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 final Allegro of the Autumn concerto are as follows :
I cacciator alla nov' alba à caccia
Con corni, Schioppi, e canni escono fuore
Fugge la belua, e Seguono la traccia;
Già Sbigottita, e lassa al gran rumore
De' Schioppi e canni, ferita minaccia
Languida di fuggir, mà oppressa muore.
[The hunters emerge at the new dawn,
And with horns and dogs and guns depart upon their hunting
The beast flees and they follow its trail;
Terrified and tired of the great noise
Of guns and dogs, the beast, wounded, threatens
Languidly to flee, but harried, dies.]
Please note the following points about this Urtext edition :
- Measure 39 (violin part) : in the Manchester manuscript, measure 39 is identical to measure 40
- Measure 59 : the violin part is originally notated as sixteenth note triplets
- Measure 60 : the segue indication in the violin part is editorial
- Measures 76-77 : the notes in the violin part are slurred by 3 in the Amsterdam print
- Measure 86 : the B flat in the violin part is editorial
- Measures 129, 131, 133 and 135 : the slurs in the violin part are from the Amsterdam print
Duration : 03:40
Source : Antonio Vivaldi, Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, Op. 8 (Amsterdam : Le Cène, 1725).
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