Concert Band
from "The Four Seasons"
aus "Die vier Jahreszeiten"
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Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) stands, with Handel and J.S. Bach, as one of the titanic figures of late Baroque composition. Not only was he lauded as a composer of vocal and instrumental works both sacred and secular, he was without serious competition, the most prolific composer of his age. In addition to hundreds of vocal works, including
forty-nine operas, he composed five hundred concertos. The Four Seasons are probably the best known of his concerti with the second movement,
Largo, portraying time spent by a roaring fire
listening to the rain pounding against the window.
This new arrangement for concert band retains all
the warmth of the original.