How Vivaldi took the world by storm.. sun, snow, and rain. Ep19: Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

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  • Опубліковано 28 гру 2024
  • Episode 19 - Groundbreaking, highly innovative, hugely influential, and loved by millions - But the genius of Antonio Vivaldi was almost overlooked by history. This episode tells the story of Vivaldi’s most iconic work.
    04:05 Spring
    05:12 Summer
    06:34 Autumn
    07:52 Winter
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    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
    Work: Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons), RV 269, 315, 293 & 297
    Performer: Adrian Chandler, La Serenissima
    Year: 2015
    Label: Avie
    Catalogue No: AV2344

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  • @ClassicsExplained
    @ClassicsExplained  Рік тому +54

    Thank you for watching everyone!
    In order to grow our channel in the right ways, we’d love to get to know you all a little better. If you could give us a few minutes of your time to complete this short survey we’d be very grateful: www.surveymonkey.com/r/2TYPXF3

    • @minnieyuyantung
      @minnieyuyantung Рік тому

      did we talked about Paganini or Liszt or Rachmaninoff already?

    • @meganlewis2377
      @meganlewis2377 Рік тому

      Will there be Pastoral Symphony, Pines of Rome, Barber of Seville, Bartered Bride, Bolero, Kinderszenen, and Songs of the Earth?

    • @lyndafayesmusic
      @lyndafayesmusic 14 днів тому

      What is MOST astounding, is that the producer's artist depicts Vivaldi as being a left-handed violinist? Can you investigate where that information originated ? And remember, no matter how beautiful your violin melody might be, it can never be considered to be a concerto,
      unless you're Italian??
      The Seasons for Children
      FredGold&LyndaFaye.

  • @_zyphis_2281
    @_zyphis_2281 Рік тому +229

    Wow the animation team is getting seriously good

    • @akuma2534
      @akuma2534 8 місяців тому +2

      ... and high...

  • @hoangkimviet8545
    @hoangkimviet8545 Рік тому +181

    I like the way Vivaldi described spring and autumn as peaceful seasons and summer and winter as stormy ones.

    • @scorpioninpink
      @scorpioninpink Рік тому +7

      Summer is usually stormy though.

    • @marcobuncit7539
      @marcobuncit7539 Рік тому +1

      Sounds like a guy who wish he stay on tropical places if he could

    • @TristanMA
      @TristanMA Рік тому

      Vivaldi's Winter, to me, is Eschatological and I depict the Fimbulwinter portion of the Norse Ragnarök in this Concerto.@@scorpioninpink

    • @TristanMA
      @TristanMA Рік тому

      It sounds like the 10 Plagues unleashed on Pharaoh Ramses II in Exodes. @@scorpioninpink

    • @meganlewis2377
      @meganlewis2377 11 місяців тому +2

      To us
      Spring means love, running in parks, picking flowers and Easter
      Summer means fun, barbecue, a day at the beach and 4th of July
      Fall means windy, harvest and Halloween
      And Winter means playing in the snow, having hot chocolate, sitting by the fire and Christmas.

  • @betamax6080
    @betamax6080 Рік тому +111

    Finally some baroque. Now you’ve covered all 5 eras

    • @AntonyMegaPrime
      @AntonyMegaPrime Рік тому +9

      not only that,its the first italian in this channel

    • @vhanzesp
      @vhanzesp 4 місяці тому

      100th like! (Oh sorry)

  • @GlaceonStudios
    @GlaceonStudios Рік тому +34

    The animation on this is on-point, holy crap! Major kudos to this animation team for their work, it's so fluid!

  • @BadgerOfTheSea
    @BadgerOfTheSea 4 місяці тому +9

    Crazy how late it was such iconic music was rediscovered. No one who died in WW1 ever heard Vivaldi's Four Seasons

    • @Replicaate
      @Replicaate 3 місяці тому +3

      Right? I had no idea Vivaldi was so nearly completely forgotten. Makes you wonder how many other pieces are sitting in archives or attics that haven't been heard for centuries.

  • @d4rkness455
    @d4rkness455 Рік тому +8

    vivaldi is great. I love his bassoon concertos

  • @gabsososo
    @gabsososo Рік тому +14

    Please please please NEVER stop making these videos

  • @alex9920ro
    @alex9920ro Рік тому +47

    This episode was wonderful. Vivaldi is one of my favorite composers and this video was such a nice surprise for me...🥰

    • @trinefanmel
      @trinefanmel Рік тому +3

      Same here! Thank goodness for that chance find in '26 otherwise we either wouldn't know or really wouldn't care...

    • @alex9920ro
      @alex9920ro Рік тому +1

      @@trinefanmel Vivaldi is still a pretty underrated composer. Most people only know about his Four Seasons, despite the fact he created hundreds other great works.

    • @trinefanmel
      @trinefanmel Рік тому

      @@alex9920ro I'd say that is unfortunately the case with many other composers, even today.

    • @sean-kb4wr
      @sean-kb4wr Місяць тому

      What is your favorite Vivaldi concerto

    • @alex9920ro
      @alex9920ro Місяць тому

      @@sean-kb4wr Cello Concerto RV419, an awesome and epic masterpiece, the third part sounds like heavy metal without electric guitars. I also love Concerto Alla Rustica and Mandolin Concerto RV425.

  • @ThatOneGuyRAR
    @ThatOneGuyRAR Рік тому +22

    Fun fact: the feeling of calm and peace you feel while inside a thunderstorm is called “chrysalism”

  • @coreysierchio4650
    @coreysierchio4650 Рік тому +6

    I used to listen to the radio stations on TV & they would have "Fun Facts" for visual stimulation. One such fun fact was "Antonio Vilvaldi died penniless & was buried in a pauper's grave." to which I would think, "Sounds like a bummer only to those who wanted for an inheritance."
    *Thanks for the Content!*

  • @chocolatechipbleach8341
    @chocolatechipbleach8341 Рік тому +28

    I love you ClassicsExplained! Your content is among my favorite on UA-cam! I’d love to see a video on the firebird sometime!💖 please keep up the fantastic work!

  • @victorpaesplinio2865
    @victorpaesplinio2865 Рік тому +5

    I love this series! The animation is amazing!
    I'm glad Vivaldi was born in late 17th century where the weather was still consistent. If composed today, the piece would end with the rise of the ocean level flooding Venice entirely and the Earth burning due to climate change. Here where I live I experienced the four seasons in just one week.

  • @sandradermark8463
    @sandradermark8463 Рік тому +8

    I spy the nymphs from Debussy's Prelude dancing in Spring 🌸 and Phoebus hungover drinking coffee, driving the Sun, in Autumn🍂. Nice to see some cameos from previous episodes!

    • @stannieholt8766
      @stannieholt8766 Рік тому +1

      I think I saw Camille Saint-Saëns (in sheep costume) and some of Edward Elgar’s friends from “Enigma Variations” in the Venetian crowd.

  • @louistostmann2049
    @louistostmann2049 Рік тому +5

    The dog is the beat boy!

  • @KarlSheen
    @KarlSheen Рік тому +5

    I'm in love with this channel.......kudos to the hommage to matilda. You never cease to cheer me up

  • @banangnang
    @banangnang Рік тому +25

    6:13 Eating pizza and drinking wine in bed with your dog is serious life goals

    • @DegtyarovDaniil
      @DegtyarovDaniil 3 місяці тому

      6:39 - besides that, the dog also does!!!

    • @DegtyarovDaniil
      @DegtyarovDaniil 3 місяці тому

      6:39 - besides that, the dog also does!!!

    • @The_Punishing_Birb
      @The_Punishing_Birb 2 місяці тому +1

      Side quest completion rewards : +10 Sanity +Key to the legendary Salad dog + The pizza bone

  • @johanneswerner1140
    @johanneswerner1140 Рік тому +3

    Played that once (my then girlfriend's violin teacher arranged for a concert with friends, students, ex-students, and herself as solo violin). It was great fun (but stressful, my GF was concert master). Great memories!
    And I like listening and playing his music (and others, Telemann, Bach, Corelli...)

  • @PonteBata
    @PonteBata Рік тому +1

    Excellent video!!

  • @Pollicina_db
    @Pollicina_db Рік тому +17

    Here in Italy we say he was the firt metal musician hahahha, really a genius, to think we almost lost his music…

  • @esumiwa5583
    @esumiwa5583 Рік тому +1

    woot #400! Thank you for these videos! I really learn and enjoy them!

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA Рік тому +4

    Vivaldi was not the only Italian composer from his time (the Baroque). Others include Arcangelo Corelli, Giusppe Torelli, Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, Piero Antonio Locatelli, Gaetano Maria Schiassi, Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, Giusppe Sammartini, and The Scarlattis (Allessandro & Domenico), all of whom wrote Christmas Pastorales.

  • @BlueViper8907
    @BlueViper8907 Рік тому +7

    I studied under Mark Wood of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra for a few years and he taught me how to play his take on Vivaldi, Vivaldi Rocks. Would definitely give it a listen. It's amazing. Love Vivaldi!

  • @luisdavidllense2293
    @luisdavidllense2293 Рік тому +3

    Oh, that Nigel Kennedy album! What a legend..... This video was awesome! Very descriptive. Thank you so much! I would like to have a collection of actual busts in your cartoon style. LoL! Cheers!

  • @cactuscornette
    @cactuscornette Рік тому +3

    I love how the map used in the weather raport is depicting Italy as it looked during Vivaldis time.

  • @masonwong6131
    @masonwong6131 Рік тому +4

    These really come out quickly, I'm impressed!

  • @danielrestrepo1119
    @danielrestrepo1119 Рік тому +4

    I know you’ve been back for a while, but every time I see a video of yours, and every month no less, I feel so grateful that you’re back.

  • @puffadder92
    @puffadder92 Рік тому +12

    You're cranking them out fast now, I love it!!
    You see yourself covering something by Borodin? Either "Prince Igor" or "Steppes of Central Asia"??

  • @patriciosolorzano5737
    @patriciosolorzano5737 4 місяці тому

    What a great video. Thank you very much for that wonderfully taled story.

  • @Metronoma1
    @Metronoma1 Рік тому +1

    Omg the dog haha🤣🤣🤣 So funny! This is amazing🙌🙌

  • @alecgalloway3518
    @alecgalloway3518 Рік тому +1

    Not really sure what to say but Im commenting to drive engagement bc this channel deserves it

  • @johnhagan-zr4pm
    @johnhagan-zr4pm 11 місяців тому +2

    This isn't possible
    I am actually learning something on YTube
    And enjoying it.

  • @BoxOfficeBabbler
    @BoxOfficeBabbler Рік тому +1

    Loved how other characters from prior videos made an appearance in this one. Great use of Easter eggs.

  • @dannytbm
    @dannytbm 6 місяців тому +2

    Damn dude. I get so much more out of music with this context. Thank you.

  • @mandiocatostada3859
    @mandiocatostada3859 Рік тому +2

    THAT'S AWESOME MY MAN

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA Рік тому +20

    Since you did Vivaldi's Four Seasons, try Repighi's Pines of Rome next. Both Composers are Italian instrumental giants for Earth Day.

    • @Rgoid
      @Rgoid 3 місяці тому

      Episode 24

  • @nat_melo5450
    @nat_melo5450 4 місяці тому +1

    0:21 vivaldi the grandpa of 4 seasons. ❤

  • @sksk-bd7yv
    @sksk-bd7yv Рік тому +10

    Thank you so much for opening my ears to classical music! It's both impression and expression - oh and don't forget the plot line. It's well clever! Cheers!

  • @orffrocks5667
    @orffrocks5667 Рік тому +1

    Exceptional! Truly a Classic Explained 🤩

  • @extrude22
    @extrude22 Рік тому +6

    Please do Verdi’s requiem

  • @mybachhertzbaud3074
    @mybachhertzbaud3074 7 місяців тому +1

    That would be wonderful to have our weather report delivered as a musical piece.😁🎶🎹🎶Play On

  • @joshuahwieland8676
    @joshuahwieland8676 Рік тому +1

    Can't wait to watch this after class today, good stuff

  • @hagerty1952
    @hagerty1952 Рік тому +10

    Loved the Saint-Saens callback with all the animals!
    What do you think of the new Steve Richter "re-imagining" of the piece? I personally love it.

    • @janetestherina7169
      @janetestherina7169 Рік тому +1

      saint-saens is now a furry lol

    • @jeryth057
      @jeryth057 Рік тому +1

      Max Richter? First heard it on The Crown. Really intriguing 🙂

    • @hagerty1952
      @hagerty1952 Рік тому

      @@jeryth057 - Ach! Yes Max. There's also the organist Karl, but I don't think they're related. I must have been thinking of Steve Reich.

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA 11 місяців тому +2

    You mentioned Bach towards the end of this survey. He wrote alot of Christmas works such as Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Christmas Oratorio, Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, Sleepers Awake, Sheep May Safely Graze, and Pastorale for Organ in F Major. For Halloween there is his Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B Minor. And as for Easter, there is the St. Mathew Passion.

  • @theduchessofspring2395
    @theduchessofspring2395 Рік тому +1

    I love the subtle reference to the cartoon TV show 'Madeline' you made there. Grew up watching it on 'playhouse disney' as a little girl.

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA 10 місяців тому +2

    Spring is the first of the paintings in Respighi's Tritpych to Botticelli. Delius wrote On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, Summer Night on the River, and Winter Night (Sleigh Ride).

  • @jarekwrzosek2048
    @jarekwrzosek2048 Рік тому +2

    FOUR SEASONS, LET'S GOOOOOOOOO!!!

  • @davidhamilton2093
    @davidhamilton2093 Рік тому +1

    Absolutely fantastic channel. Better than MCs Great Composers that I bought in my youth.

  • @spessivtseva
    @spessivtseva Рік тому +1

    a new classics explained video! i'm so happy

  • @Foga001
    @Foga001 7 місяців тому +1

    Maan, i love winter!

  • @aravindappat
    @aravindappat Рік тому +2

    Lets goooo! 💪🏾💪🏾

  • @Rgoid
    @Rgoid Рік тому +6

    FINALLY!

  • @srsaquet
    @srsaquet Рік тому +1

    Man, I love Vivaldi!

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA 8 місяців тому +3

    Classical depictions of Spring other than Vivaldi include Delius (On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring), Glazunov (Spring), Strauss II (Voices of Spring), Respighi (first part of Botticelli Tryptych), Bridge (Enter Spring), and Grieg (Last Spring). Classical Depictions of Summer other than Vivaldi include Delius (Summer Night on the River), and Bridge (Summer, tone poem for Orchestra). Classical depictions of Autumn other than Vivaldi include Grieg (In Autumn). Classical depcitions of Winter other than Vivaldi include Delius (Winter Night "Sleigh Ride"), Waldteufel (Skaters Waltz), Offenbach (Snowflakes Ballet from a Trip to the Moon), & Mozart (German Dance "Sleigh Ride").

  • @wildflower315
    @wildflower315 Рік тому +1

    OMG I LOVE THIS

  • @joeyhemlock
    @joeyhemlock Рік тому +11

    If you're taking suggestions, I'd love to hear the history of Ravel's Bolero!

    • @Rgoid
      @Rgoid 3 місяці тому

      Episode 23

  • @LovelinessCastanos
    @LovelinessCastanos 4 місяці тому

    As a G&B Vardøhus Fortress lover,i can actually say that Vivaldi,Four seasons of Winter is the one we'll always hear.

  • @patrickrainey305
    @patrickrainey305 Рік тому +1

    I can’t begin to explain how amazing these videos are, the production value is on par with other great UA-cam channels like crash course! Thank you so much these vids are amazing

  • @Bobbnoxious
    @Bobbnoxious Рік тому +3

    Stravinsky once said that Vivaldi wrote the same concerto 500 times. "The Four Seasons" alone proves him very wrong.

  • @TheMister123
    @TheMister123 Рік тому +3

    3:18 - 🤣 The callback to Saint-Saens's Carnival 🤣😂
    4:40 - 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @Rgoid
    @Rgoid Рік тому +4

    0:10 Vivaldi the Weatherman!

  • @arthurmorgan7557
    @arthurmorgan7557 7 місяців тому +1

    Eventhough it's completely overplayed and I mostly avoid it I have to admit it is a masterpiece.

  • @miladeskandari7
    @miladeskandari7 Рік тому

    Man I love your videos. All the best to you

  • @adarpeer3769
    @adarpeer3769 Рік тому +1

    Wonderful as usual, one of the greatest and most important Baroque composers. If we are talking about Italian composers, I would like to see a video about Verdi or Puccini, they were both amazing and very important opera composers. Particularly Rigoletto and Turandot are very good examples of great works by both those composers.

  • @PrincessNinja007
    @PrincessNinja007 Рік тому

    These are the songs that made me learn violin

  • @SEELE-ONE
    @SEELE-ONE Рік тому +2

    9:20 Fortuna from Carmina Burana right before they tell us about Vivaldi’s pauper ending
    Truly the wheel spun against him

  • @naporopanroro6464
    @naporopanroro6464 Рік тому

    You meant to explain this.
    Thank you.
    I really enjoy the summer.

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA 10 місяців тому +1

    Another giant during Vivaldi's time was George Firderic Handel. He would write the iconic Easter and Christmas Crossover Oratorio- Messiah (featuring For Unto Us a Child is Born, Pifa, & Hallelujah), For Earth Day- The Cuckoo and the Nightingale, for Christmas Largo from Serse (Thanks to Braodcast from 1905) and Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon (considering the same base line as Pachelbel's Canon). More general works include Zadok the Priest, The Water Music, and Music for the Royal Fireworks.

  • @danieldowling9553
    @danieldowling9553 Рік тому

    Well done! One of the best channels on UA-cam! Keep up the amazing work!

  • @chip715715
    @chip715715 Рік тому

    yay! another ep! i have been waiting for so long!

  • @avijitsadhukhan8371
    @avijitsadhukhan8371 8 місяців тому +2

    Vivaldi was the OG metalhead!!!!

  • @50Steaks68
    @50Steaks68 Місяць тому +2

    11:53 kilroy was here

  • @marcoponzio1644
    @marcoponzio1644 5 місяців тому +1

    From Goku to superhero to XVII century violin teacher in less than a minute. Wow

  • @curtisdaniel9294
    @curtisdaniel9294 Рік тому

    Wonderful explanation of this music and The Red Priest himself!❤🎉😊

  • @rodneyloosley77
    @rodneyloosley77 Рік тому

    I like your animation. It's cool how you put characters from old videos in to new ones.

  • @kgroveringer03
    @kgroveringer03 Рік тому +1

    It’s so interesting to hear that he has a connection through his love of birdsong to Messiaen! Maybe you could do a video on his Vingt Regards or the Turangalîla-Symphonie?

  • @sun-youngsunnykim8794
    @sun-youngsunnykim8794 Рік тому

    👏👏👏👏👏👏 standing ovation!

  • @Lovecraft_poe2006
    @Lovecraft_poe2006 5 місяців тому +1

    I'm italian and in middle school we ahd to study this for history of music

  • @wildflower315
    @wildflower315 Рік тому +1

    What a pity that you can't put a million likes, I totally would

  • @bimalbarik1508
    @bimalbarik1508 10 місяців тому +2

    When David comes to the scene at 9:13 😂🤣

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA Рік тому +3

    Vivaldi would also create a famous Gloria for Christmas.

  • @JunoMoon-wv2du
    @JunoMoon-wv2du Рік тому

    Please dont stop making these+

  • @CapnKV
    @CapnKV Рік тому +1

    I love this series! Can you do an episode on the Tristan Chord?

    • @lisys511
      @lisys511 Рік тому

      Whats tristan chord?

    • @CapnKV
      @CapnKV Рік тому +1

      @@lisys511 The single most important chord in the history of music. It comes from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde

  • @CharlesRBiggs
    @CharlesRBiggs Рік тому

    Thank you! Bravo!!! 👏 👏 👏 👏

  • @Kotinho4
    @Kotinho4 Рік тому

    I have just discovered your channel and i love it ! Keep going man you are doing excellent job 💪🏼❤ !! Please make a video explaining one of Mahler's symphonies.

  • @abaf209
    @abaf209 Рік тому

    Wonderful job once again ^^

  • @lisys511
    @lisys511 Рік тому

    This episode makes me smile from cuteness :3

  • @KleinkMusic
    @KleinkMusic Рік тому +1

    I always enjoy watching the videos put together by you fine folk! I've been wondering, is this series strictly about music found in the orchestral repertoire or are you eventually branching out into different musical lineups?
    Coming from the wind band space, I'd love to see some videos done on pieces written for concert band! There's many a piece I would dare say are considered 'classics' in the music world. The Holst suites and the works of Percy Grainger come to mind! I don't know, maybe it's worth looking into ;)

  • @andrejs4336
    @andrejs4336 Рік тому +2

    Antonio Vivaldi while making these: My time has come.

  • @michelegionno
    @michelegionno 4 місяці тому

    Just think about how many videos on UA-cam have Winter - Vivaldi (The Four Seasons) in them.

  • @amiezwag
    @amiezwag Рік тому

    Awesome video!

  • @pirate_thatcher
    @pirate_thatcher Рік тому +1

    I love your channel, you are covering my favorite composers, I hope you cover gustav mahler for your later contents❤❤❤❤❤

  • @mandiocatostada3859
    @mandiocatostada3859 Рік тому +2

    that's what i call baROCK music ⚡⚡🎸🎸

  • @think-about-it3465
    @think-about-it3465 Рік тому +2

    These animations are so funny, great!! Love how Saint-Saens is back again here as a goat or sheep 😂

  • @thecheetocello
    @thecheetocello Рік тому

    I would love to see this kind of video with a ravel piece or mahler! You guys do everything perfectly!

  • @brahmsfan_kitty
    @brahmsfan_kitty Рік тому

    Played the Spring concerto at a concerto competition when I was in 6th grade.

  • @Jamesmusica
    @Jamesmusica Рік тому +2

    Loved this one! You should do all 24 caprices by Paganini, that could be fun!

    • @TristanMA
      @TristanMA Рік тому

      or Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

  • @pastiche9
    @pastiche9 Рік тому

    Brilliant.

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA Рік тому +1

    1926 saw not only the rediscovery of Vivaldi's works, but also the premieres of Puccini's Turandot & Sibelius' Tapiola.

  • @tonybarde2572
    @tonybarde2572 7 місяців тому +1

    What I call the opening of Spring:
    Horseback ride to Antwerp