Why is Virva's Four Seasons divided into Allegro, Adagio and so on? What do you mean?

The Four Seasons consists of four concertos with three movements, which depict the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter respectively. Vivaldi attached 14 lines of poems explaining music to the title page of each song to illustrate the characteristics of music, and also wrote these poems on each paragraph or phrase in a piecemeal way to connect music with words. In fact, without the help of these words, Vivaldi's meticulous description has made what he wants to describe obvious, and with these words, it only emphasizes the title of the work more. Therefore, the blending of scenes in the whole work is by no means an inaccessible work. Even people who listen to classical music for the first time can "melt into their ears" at once.

Spring in four seasons. E major.

The first movement (Allegro) is written in the form of Rondo, and the main theme is gorgeous and free and easy, full of cheerful spring breath. The opening song begins with a relaxed and pleasant melody, which immediately reminds people of the green and vitality of spring. It describes the return to the earth in spring, birds singing happily, forest branches dancing with the wind and whispering. Suddenly, the lightning flashed, the spring thunder stung and everything woke up. This movement is the most famous one in the whole four seasons.

The second movement (Guangban) is very short, describing the quiet and leisurely pastoral scenery: "On the grass with flowers in full bloom, in the rustling grass, the shepherd is resting, and the faithful shepherd dog is lying next to him." After the spring thunder, after the rain cleared, the birds sang touching songs again, and the shepherd and his loyal dog had a leisurely rest on the pasture full of flowers. At the beginning of the movement, the rhythm and syncopation of violins with weak volume are a bit abrupt, like the cry of a sheepdog. In this context, the violin solo sings like an idyll, with a beautiful and quiet melody.

The third movement (Allegro) describes the happy scene of the countryside under the bright sunshine in spring: "With the cheerful sound of the country bagpipes, fairies dance with shepherds in the lovely sunny sky in spring." The basic theme of this movement was Sicilian dance music, which was very popular at that time. At first, it appeared in solo violin and violin voice, and the chord rhythm played by bass stringed instruments and the rich timbre of organ deliberately rendered the cheerful mood of dance music.

Summer of the four seasons. G minor.

The first movement (Allegro not too fast). You can hear the sultry and cool summer afternoon. Shepherds are lazy and cattle and sheep are listless. Only cuckoo and turtledove are still whispering, unwilling to be lonely. Suddenly a cool breeze passed by, bringing dark clouds all over the sky, and a summer rain was coming. As the bean-sized raindrops began to fall, the frightened shepherd boy fled in panic and couldn't help crying.

The second movement (Adagio to Allegro). The rumble of thunder awakened the shepherd boy's good dream during the day. He tried to sleep again, but the mosquitoes buzzed and danced, which made him fidgety.

The third movement (Allegro). The storm finally came, and the wind roared, and the thunder and lightning seemed to sweep away the boredom of summer.

Autumn in four seasons. F major.

It describes the happy scene of farmers drinking to celebrate the harvest during the harvest season.

The first movement (Allegro) presents a golden harvest season. In the festive atmosphere of celebrating the harvest, the farmers were singing and dancing and were in high spirits. Men get drunk when they drink.

The second movement (Adagio) is a humorous close-up of a drunk sleeping.

The third movement (Allegro) is about forest hunting: horns are sounded everywhere, gunfire bursts, and dogs bark from time to time; The prey was injured and fled, and then died.

Four seasons in winter. In f minor.

Among them, the second movement is very famous and has been adapted into light music and widely circulated.

The first movement (Allegro not too fast) depicts the irresistible cold in winter: "The north wind is bitter, the snow is falling, the ice and snow are freezing, shivering, the running road is difficult, and my teeth are chattering."

The second movement (Guangban), it is freezing rain outside the house, and people in the house are sitting around the stove, sipping hot wine and feeling the warm and peaceful romantic atmosphere. This scene is in stark contrast to the outdoor ice and snow, which is even more intoxicating.

The third movement (Allegro) focuses on a skating scene: "Slip on the ice, walk slowly, beware of slipping and be careful, suddenly turn sharply and fall, get up and run, only to slip to the edge of the ice cave." Go back to the house and listen to the outdoor Battle of Fengshen.

At the end of this work, Vivaldi marked: "This is winter, but this winter brings joy."

The four concertos throughout the four seasons have distinct themes and different tastes, but they all sound the same. You have to gasp in admiration, the connection between movements is so exquisite, the composer's technique is so superb, and there are ingenious pens to write landscapes, characters, feelings and even specific plots. Or splash ink, or meticulous painting with the finishing touch, vividly reproduces a beautiful picture of nature. No wonder this work has been a classic that the world never tires of listening to for hundreds of years, and it is also a must-listen textbook to help beginners get close to classical music.

Sources of the above written materials: Music Bible (edited by Lin Yicong and published by Huaxia Publishing House) and Philharmonic Online.