Being a successful composer pretty much guarantees immortality. Listening to their opus 300 years later as if they are still alive today. This is partly why I love classical musical.
Just realised that duration of Vivaldi's Four seasons is 42:00 minutes and this video is exactly 4:20 minutes. Going by TED-Ed standard, definitely not a coincidence!
WOW, finely someone recommends classical music not for some stupid pseudo-scientific reasons ("it's good for your brain" etc.) but simply because it's fun to listen to. Thumbs up.
+Dantick09 there is absolutely no scientific evidence for any long term intelligence benefit.... but music in general has been shown to offer a very temporary benefit in intelligence
I’m so proud that I’m a fan. He’s talented, helped orphans/girls developed their careers, and make music that is accessible to all social classes. What an inspiration. One of my favorite artists of all time.
SirRandomMonkey Well, not much to say except he was a sadist who wrote treacherous etudes for virtuosos to keep in their back pocket. There is a very impressive transcription of #24 for cello on "Batcello" s channel.
In this video there is shown a type of music that attempts to musically render an extra-musical narrative. Such genre is often called program (or programme) music. Vivaldi's "Four seasons" is one of the most famous examples of program music but there were many more especially in the XIXth century when many symphonic poems were composed which are program music by definition. Paganini's caprices don't contain specific program or poem to explain what they are about but that doesn't mean that thay are not program music or at least some of them. E. g. caprice no.9 is called "The hunt" - violinist plays first on upper strings which imitate the flutes then on lower strings which imitate the horns; caprice no. 13 is nicknamed "the devil's laughter"; caprice 14 imitating brass fanfares; caprice 17 which personally reminds me of a quarrel between a couple; no. 20 imitating bagpipes. In others you may find some folk Italian melodies or arias. And all of them are full of the most sophisticated violin techniques many of which were invented by Paganini himself. Violinists til these day struggle with playing them but nowadays there are quite many who manage to do it succesfully. Paganini dedicated them "alli artisti" - to the artists so I guess as long as there are daring artists Paganini caprices will thrive.
In case you're wondering, the person in the animation is suppose to be Antonio Vivaldi himself. He was known as the Red Priest because of his long red hair. Yes, Vivaldi was a ginger. His main instrument was the violin. The second movement of Winter is suppose to be rain. The pizzicato of the string imitates the raindrops on the window.
one year ago i watched this video and since then not a single day passed without listening to this… the thing is the more u listen to it the more u feel the music🤍… truly masterpiece
i live in a tropical country. I wish i could expereience winter, autumn, and spring season so i listen to Vivaldi's four seasons. Turns out it is a beautiful poem with a realness meaning on it. LOVE IT.
Why should you listen to Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" ? Because it's one of the best musics of all time. Do you need more reasons ? It's around 40 minutes of pure emotions. It's not just a song, it is an experience. Something you can listen and feel.
That’s subjective. However, as the video said shines at the fact in can tell a story, which is my favourite type of music (program music). The only thing I will criticize though is its small variety of instrumentation since that limits the potential of storytelling (i.e. timbre) in the piece for me. Because of that, I think some modern orchestral film scores sound better (but probably not to the same genius as Vivaldi with three instruments) if the composer can utilize the potential of the instruments to bring a variety of textures together to support the story. While Vivaldi’s piece is genius, I encourage you to listen to the soundtrack of the movies you’ve watched since in a way, they can sound “better” than this piece. In my opinion.
This is one of the reasons violin hits my ears, brain and heart more intense than any other instrument and is capable of invoking so many different emotions individually and simultaneously.
*I'm not familiar with western classical music. I have had heard the name of Bach and Mozart. And not long ago , I listened to them. Then I listened to La follia and it completely changed me. I searched for another pieces of Vivaldi. The four seasons and its explanation just blew my mind. Extraordinary!! Since then Vivaldi is my utmost favourite composer of all time.*
I actually love Antonio Vivaldi's songs I listen to the, everydayI love autumn and summer and spring we have played all the pieces and I can play it on violin and cello I lo classical music and I am so so happy you chose to do a video about it .
We don't know any teen boppers from the 1950's. Bieber belongs to the same group, to be forgotten as opposed to masters like Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong.
It is amazing that such fun piece of music that was created some 400 years ago still keeps delighting ears of modern man. This is my personal favorite classical music piece. It just never grows old for me.
Love, love, love Vivaldi. I first heard this glorious music in my teenage years, introduced to me by my stepdad. I'm still listening to it all of these years later.
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My school always plays it at our annual talent show, after 10 years of Four Seasons we all know them by heart and can point out which season is being played. I didn't know they had poems with it, I'll make sure to read them along with Four Seasons next time I hear it.
Our headmistress in infant and middle school had it played on a record player in the corner of the hall, for the start of every assembly, while the students poured in and sat down. It depended on what season it was as to what was played. Still love them all. My love for classical music began there. Thank you Mrs Humblestone.
This was the one that introduced me to the joys of listening to classical music. I wasnt into it back then since I always thought classical music meant that slow, sad, beats of music that I always here
My favorite composer is Vivaldi. He is not complicated to listen to and The music let's you picture the seasons unfold in your mind and tell your own story. Just enjoyable, classy and I want a glass of Cabernet Savangion now! 😀
1,7 million views and more than one thousand comments for this video about the spirit of this classical composer... There’s still hope for the world. (Grazie mille Antonio 🤘🏼❤️).
It is an absolute masterpiece, conceived in a state of grace and after 300 years it is still a must. Giuliano Carmignola's interpretation is excellent and involving.
Ahhh, I love classical music!!! And the four seasons of Vivaldi are amazing! My favorite is spring (second favorite is summer). I always thought that the violins sounded like birds!
Watching this right after visiting a classical music concert where the orchestra played Einter and Spring pieces by Vivaldi. It's a truly magical experience, how lucky we are all to have the Internet, so that we can enjoy this masterpiece anytime 💜
Trying to discover and educate myself on classical composers and classical music in general. Just listened to this (Winter) through for the first time (by the St. Mark's Philharmonic Orchestra). I cried twice, very dramatic, very powerful, very interesting. ❤ This video here provides some context on Vivaldi, thank you 🙏
Dancing to Vivaldi is the most beautiful thing I have done in my dance career so far. There is so much movement in what he wrote it always inspires so much joy.
My favorite season has always been spring. But, since I am an introvert, I'll listen more closely to winter with a different mindset. Thank you for the insight.
@@marinettemasyrenaud8742 It was way out of my reach. At the time of my comment, I've only been playing for a year. Now, I'm at 4 years. Recently, I've learned to play all of "Summer" by ear. I tried winter before that, but the final part is still a bit too fast for me to play, might wait a year before trying it again.
Vivaldi was a baroque composer and chopin was a romantic composer there is a huge difference between these era's especially classical period was enteriely different from baroque and romantic
@@the7thfalsestart Yet at the same time there are several similarities in these eras. Baroque influenced Romanticism and the romantics took ideas from the Baroque that the Classical guys left behind. Mendelssohn, Brhams, Rachminoff among others are my witnesses.
@@the7thfalsestart Also Classical is a product of Baroque. Despite the differences, there were several similarities. Its like comparing the child of someone to the father who both do not appear the same, but the child came from the father. Same with these styles. They are more closely related than lets say eastern Asian compositions before the advent of westernization. Those music styles would be completely different in harmony, tuning, form, melodic sequencing, etc. They may not even use any of these functions. I argue the 3 western eras mentioned above are more cloesly related than other genres. Alas, in the end all music is related because it's all vibration
Light, bright, and cheerful. ¶ It's some of the most familiar of all early 18th century music. It's been featured in uncounted films and television commercials, but what is it and why does it sound that way? This is the opening of "Spring" from "The Four Seasons," by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi. "The Four Seasons" are famous in part because they are a delight to the ear. However, even more notable is the fact that they have stories to tell. At the time of their publication in Amsterdam in 1725, they were accompanied by poems describing exactly what feature of that season Vivaldi intended to capture in musical terms. In providing specific plot content for instrumental music, Vivaldi was generations ahead of his time. If one were to read the poems simultaneously to hearing the music, one would find the poetic scenes synchronizing nicely with the musical imagery. We are told that the birds welcome spring with happy song, and here they are doing exactly that. Soon, however, a thunderstorm breaks out. Not only is there musical thunder and lightning, there are also more birds, wet, frightened, and unhappy. In "Summer," the turtle dove sings her name "tortorella" in Italian, before a hail storm flattens the fields. "Autumn" brings eager hunters dashing out in pursuit of their prey. The "Winter" concerto begins with teeth chattering in the cold before one takes refuge by a crackling fire. Then it's back out into the storm where there'll be slips and falls on the ice. In these first weeks of winter, the old year is coming to a close, and so does Vivaldi's musical exploration of the seasons. Not until the early 19th century would such expressive instrumental program music, as it was known, become popular. By then, larger, more varied ensembles were the rule with woodwinds, brass, and percussion to help tell the tale. But Vivaldi pulled it off with just one violin, strings, and a harpsichord. Unlike his contemporary Bach, Vivaldi wasn't much interested in complicated fugues. He preferred to offer readily accessible entertainment to his listeners with melodies that pop back up later in a piece to remind us of where we've been. So the first movement of the "Spring" concerto begins with a theme for spring and ends with it, too, slightly varied from when it was last heard. It was an inspired way to attract listeners, and Vivaldi, considered one of the most electrifying violinists of the early 18th century, understood the value of attracting audiences. Such concerts might feature himself as the star violinist. Others presented the young musicians of the Pietà,a Venetian girls' school where Vivaldi was Director of Music. Most of the students were orphans. Music training was intended not only as social skills suitable for young ladies ,but also as potential careers for those who might fail to make good marriages. Even in the composer's own time, Vivaldi's music served as diversion for all, not just for the wealthy aristocrats. 300 years later, it's an approach that still works, and Vivaldi's music still sounds like trotting horses on the move.
He managed to capture the essences and take them to another form. I always listen to this piece during reviews to clear my mind and bring me peace. That way I may be inside my house but my mind is in an adventure.
The four seasons and a musical offering by Bach are such magnificent contributions to humanity. I’ve listened to the four seasons hundreds of times! Masterpieces
I listen to Master Violinist Vivaldi's music almost every day....as it inspires my heart, soul & hands to create beautiful art. Vivaldi, the gift that will keep on giving for all time.
I actually didn't know that there were poems to go with it. I've always liked it because Winter sounds so... wintery.
yeah same
Falcy Chead same here
Same. I've always loved it because of its effect on emotion.
Falcy Chead I KNOW RIGHT???
the poem is write in the music sheet of the "violino concertino", above the notes, you can try find it in the IMLSP site
Being a successful composer pretty much guarantees immortality. Listening to their opus 300 years later as if they are still alive today. This is partly why I love classical musical.
this isn't classical, it's from the baroque period
Ruko831 okay. Thanks. But I am talking about classical music.
Kim Julian fked up what?
Kim Julian What are you talking about? This is a Ted Ed channel...Buzzfeed is over there. Bye bye
womp womp
My whole life I've been living in a tropical region and never experienced four seasons and thanks to Vivaldi's Four Seasons I gotta feel it musically.
Same😂
This is actually so meaningful and beautiful 😦
Same here in brazil
That's beautiful.
man i feel you
Just realised that duration of Vivaldi's Four seasons is 42:00 minutes and this video is exactly 4:20 minutes. Going by TED-Ed standard, definitely not a coincidence!
Duration of the piece may vary depending on the conductor and performance.
In my phone is 4:19
Or TED is just going for the memes
4:20 minutes is not equal to 42:00 divided by 10...
@@xl000 @xl it is if you remove the decimal in 42:00
so 4200/10=420
4:20
Spring: High class meal
Summer: Really fast violins
Autumn: You've never heard this before
Winter: Also fast violins
@Charitsu Kuroyuki Storm is the 3rd movement of Summer
@Charitsu Kuroyuki storm its another name for summer
Autumn is always the forgotten one even though it's most peoples' favourite season
Summer and Spring: The favorite, spoiled siblings
Couldn't have summed it up more perfectly
Why should you listen to Vivaldi's "Four Seasons"? Because it's dam good.
Yeah ^^
"n"
Do you think they found the dam snackbar yet?
Lol four seasons is overrated. Go listen to L'estro Armonico. It shits on the 4
Damn= being condemned.....dam = a cement blockage stopping water from flowing.
WOW, finely someone recommends classical music not for some stupid pseudo-scientific reasons ("it's good for your brain" etc.) but simply because it's fun to listen to. Thumbs up.
Fafner888 ....but classical music is good for your brain....
Babies become smarter if they listen to this
+Dantick09 if this is true, your parents must have made you listen to music by stupid people
blackbeltrjfish the other day your mom told me she tried on you but you were too far gone
+Dantick09 there is absolutely no scientific evidence for any long term intelligence benefit.... but music in general has been shown to offer a very temporary benefit in intelligence
I looked it up. He did have red hair.
Pipe2DevNull He was actually called "The Red Priest" by the people around him because of his striking red hair (not R'hllor 😉).
Jaehaerys III also because he was a flamboyant priest who also did opera :)
the red priest, sounds like a serial killer imo, but either way I like it
+BloodstoneKid I like that thought.
Il Prete Rosso :-)
I’m so proud that I’m a fan. He’s talented, helped orphans/girls developed their careers, and make music that is accessible to all social classes. What an inspiration. One of my favorite artists of all time.
Weird flex but OK
Winter is sooo intense, I get chills every time I hear it man
that's cause it's winter 😜 okay okay I'll stop 💀
I never knew that it was used for poetry to describe events but I could imagine what the music was saying, he really could make music speak.
Fady Farouk
Indeeeed!
I'd love to hear an analysis like this for Paganini's caprices.
SirRandomMonkey
Well, not much to say except he was a sadist who wrote treacherous etudes for virtuosos to keep in their back pocket.
There is a very impressive transcription of #24 for cello on "Batcello" s channel.
Like many violinists say: "the worst part isn´t that it´s so hard, it´s that he could play it".
In this video there is shown a type of music that attempts to musically render an extra-musical narrative. Such genre is often called program (or programme) music. Vivaldi's "Four seasons" is one of the most famous examples of program music but there were many more especially in the XIXth century when many symphonic poems were composed which are program music by definition. Paganini's caprices don't contain specific program or poem to explain what they are about but that doesn't mean that thay are not program music or at least some of them. E. g. caprice no.9 is called "The hunt" - violinist plays first on upper strings which imitate the flutes then on lower strings which imitate the horns; caprice no. 13 is nicknamed "the devil's laughter"; caprice 14 imitating brass fanfares; caprice 17 which personally reminds me of a quarrel between a couple; no. 20 imitating bagpipes. In others you may find some folk Italian melodies or arias. And all of them are full of the most sophisticated violin techniques many of which were invented by Paganini himself. Violinists til these day struggle with playing them but nowadays there are quite many who manage to do it succesfully. Paganini dedicated them "alli artisti" - to the artists so I guess as long as there are daring artists Paganini caprices will thrive.
LoverofLiszt Un sospiro.
SirRandomMonkey Yes!!!
Winter remains to be my favorite classical music. Never gets old
The first part of Winter is my absolute favorite classical music piece ever
Ted ed:Why should you listen to Vivaldi's "Four Seasons"?
Me: b E a C a U s E h E p R a C t I s E d 40 H o U r S a D a Y
Fella twosetter go practice
Ling Ling united
ling ling
He practised, but did you?
@@plarizedpinklemnz6964 uh-huh..(nervous itching)... Yeah..(I hope it sounds real)..?
In case you're wondering, the person in the animation is suppose to be Antonio Vivaldi himself. He was known as the Red Priest because of his long red hair. Yes, Vivaldi was a ginger. His main instrument was the violin.
The second movement of Winter is suppose to be rain. The pizzicato of the string imitates the raindrops on the window.
Knowing the story behind a piece of music makes it so much easier to appreciate & enjoy it! Thank you for this.
I do more than listen! I am playing Autumn for my middle school string orchestra today!
RevoDon3S good luck!
best of luck to you stranger on the internet! Keep pressing forward with your achievements
Thank you guys! I think your luck helped! I thought we sounded good, but the high school Chamber Orchestra playing Clair de Lune was AMAZING!!!
+RevoDon3S Did you record it? Are can you get any footage?
I want to see how it came out :3
LosPrimosStar Unfortunately, I didn't. However, I have more concerts coming up, so I might have some footage soon!
Because “Summer” reminds me of the ending of Portrait of a Lady On Fire and I like to cry randomly sometimes
Someone finally said it
That movie broke me
All Portrait fans are emotional masochists.
It was Storm
I need to experience that
one year ago i watched this video and since then
not a single day passed without listening to this…
the thing is the more u listen to it the more u feel the music🤍…
truly masterpiece
So glad i was exposed to his music when i was a kid
Muhd Taufiq I didn't know Middle Eastern people were into classical composers from Europe.
Yes, I also heard that they mainly find joy in firing their guns in the air and stoning women.
nice
Muhd Taufiq wow you are so special you knew this song when you were a kid LIKE EVERYONE IN THE FUCKING UNIVERSE
Streaky Bacon that name is not turkish
i live in a tropical country. I wish i could expereience winter, autumn, and spring season so i listen to Vivaldi's four seasons. Turns out it is a beautiful poem with a realness meaning on it. LOVE IT.
Spring makes me happy and feels like floating in the air
It's also my favorite season💚🌸
mine too!
I love that he had his students play his concerts. What a great teacher
We had the vinyl at home, my dad would play it and it was one of the first memories of being completely moved by music. Bravo Antonio!!
More music stuff pleeaaaasssee
Why should you listen to Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" ?
Because it's one of the best musics of all time.
Do you need more reasons ?
It's around 40 minutes of pure emotions. It's not just a song, it is an experience. Something you can listen and feel.
Gean de Oliveira it's not a song it's a piece
It's a piece you twit.
That’s subjective. However, as the video said shines at the fact in can tell a story, which is my favourite type of music (program music). The only thing I will criticize though is its small variety of instrumentation since that limits the potential of storytelling (i.e. timbre) in the piece for me. Because of that, I think some modern orchestral film scores sound better (but probably not to the same genius as Vivaldi with three instruments) if the composer can utilize the potential of the instruments to bring a variety of textures together to support the story. While Vivaldi’s piece is genius, I encourage you to listen to the soundtrack of the movies you’ve watched since in a way, they can sound “better” than this piece. In my opinion.
@@theasianpianoboy6750 you Lingling?
It's not one of best.. It's the best classical piece ever...
Better than anything from mozart.. Bach.. Beethoven.. Etc
Fight me
You should make a complete animation for the 4 seasons, like a movie.
This is one of the reasons violin hits my ears, brain and heart more intense than any other instrument and is capable of invoking so many different emotions individually and simultaneously.
*I'm not familiar with western classical music. I have had heard the name of Bach and Mozart. And not long ago , I listened to them. Then I listened to La follia and it completely changed me. I searched for another pieces of Vivaldi. The four seasons and its explanation just blew my mind. Extraordinary!! Since then Vivaldi is my utmost favourite composer of all time.*
i love how the people are holding their violins on the wrong arms
JTA Mallari isnt that just a left handed violinist?
Austin Drapen is there even a left handed violin?
JTA Mallari i own a left handed guitar, I don't see why there wouldn't be an accomidating violin.
There are left handed violins. However, they are quite rare to find, so good luck.
and expensive for whatever reason
damn can't wait for Vivaldi's next album!
I actually love Antonio Vivaldi's songs I listen to the, everydayI love autumn and summer and spring we have played all the pieces and I can play it on violin and cello I lo classical music and I am so so happy you chose to do a video about it .
wow, songs without words?? )) Viktor Tsoy approves!
A song is something that is sung.
tell that to Mendelssohn
Vivaldi is the chick flick of classical music.
Zoe Onyango winter is very sad
When you get past the four seasons a whole new world will open infront of you. Its a beautiful musical world 🎼
so true! Vivaldi was my beginning haha
if anyone's interested: try Rachmaninov 2. piano concerto after Vivaldis four Seasons
The arrangement on winter is my favourite concerto op. ,The violins are so majestically set, gosh I love it
Watching this just after Mozart's Magic Flute video, and it just feels right.
Saaaaaame
Same. Try Diana Damrau and after you are familiar with that, try Florence Foster Jenkins by Meryl Streep
200 years from now - "Why you should listen to Bieber's Baby"
This deserves so many more ups
BryceBryceBaby this will never happen. and you know it.
BryceBryceBaby It was a historic peice that changed the minds, and history.
nobody will remember him by that time. I say not even 100 years from now
We don't know any teen boppers from the 1950's. Bieber belongs to the same group, to be forgotten as opposed to masters like Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong.
Someone like Vivaldi lives forever because of his music❤️
It is amazing that such fun piece of music that was created some 400 years ago still keeps delighting ears of modern man. This is my personal favorite classical music piece. It just never grows old for me.
Love, love, love Vivaldi. I first heard this glorious music in my teenage years, introduced to me by my stepdad. I'm still listening to it all of these years later.
It's amazing to see how time has changed but still the music not only has survived but also feels contemporary!
Fantastic video, though I wish they'd chosen a slightly faster tempo recording!
I didn't expect to see you here! I just wanted to say that I enjoy your content! Great work!
Zyphicx Aw thanks! Glad to have you on board watching my stuff :)
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Simon!! Amazing channel you've got!
Glad I watched it on x1.25 speed.
The music at 3:25 is my favorite from Vivaldi's work. Violin Concerto In A Minor, Rv 356 (Ed. Malipiero) - I Allegro
Thank you Arnaldo, I have been looking for the name of that song for YEARS!!
'ua-cam.com/video/x6AH0aMYRkc/v-deo.html'
Kinda late, just saw your reply after rewatching.
It's suzuki book time...
Ah, the throwback! I feel like a 5th grader again!
The third movement is a great listen too!
I knew someone deep down the comments would save my night
Vivaldi's 4 seasons is a masterpiece indeed. One of my favorite classical songs of all times.
Wow, that was great! This has always been one of my favorite pieces of classical music.
Thank you for giving us the story behind the music. Bravo!
never clicked on a vid so fast 😂😂
same XD
Gotta love the history behind such a familiar tune.;-)
Same xD
same, I haven't clicked on a video this fast since Sargon of Akkad uploaded a video about the Young Turks and Harambe memes.
Same!!!!
My school always plays it at our annual talent show, after 10 years of Four Seasons we all know them by heart and can point out which season is being played. I didn't know they had poems with it, I'll make sure to read them along with Four Seasons next time I hear it.
his music gives me a chill on my skin. in my entire life this happened 4 times when I listened to Bach, Paganini and Beethoven and Vivaldi himself.
I was literally just listening to this just a few hours ago...
Me too
Gian Reyes Same
Me tooo
4 seasons = 😯
4 seasons + poem = 😲
4 seasons + poem + Ted ed animation and narration = 🤯🔥
I absolutely love what Ted Ed team is doing, and I genuinely love every single video. Great work guys❤️🤩🧡😍💛🤗
Our headmistress in infant and middle school had it played on a record player in the corner of the hall, for the start of every assembly, while the students poured in and sat down. It depended on what season it was as to what was played. Still love them all. My love for classical music began there. Thank you Mrs Humblestone.
This was the one that introduced me to the joys of listening to classical music. I wasnt into it back then since I always thought classical music meant that slow, sad, beats of music that I always here
I love Vivaldi's Winter concerto. It is so beautiful, haunting, and absolutely gorgeous.
My favorite composer is Vivaldi. He is not complicated to listen to and The music let's you picture the seasons unfold in your mind and tell your own story. Just enjoyable, classy and I want a glass of Cabernet Savangion now! 😀
favorite season from Vivaldi, GO!!! Mine is Winter
Third movement of summer! ♥ ♥ ♥
NOO! You're asking me to be picky about the great works of art. I won't do that.
*ALL OF THEM.*
:)
AJ Tomecek Mine Is Winter
Giorgi Gzirishvili 😘😘
summer
It's one of my most favorite compositions all of time... It blows your mind when listening to it...
I loved playing playing Winter when I was in high school! My favorite classical piece of all time
I have whole new appreciation for Vivaldi's music.
it's nice to have made him redhaired because he actually was
Ye.. but why not in da portrait of his
@@hannahquintua Wigs were popular in his time.
@@plarizedpinklemnz6964
Oh right I forgot
Hehe thanks
Look up "Red Priest", iirc
@@williamtomkiel8215 eh? Look it up where, google?
1,7 million views and more than one thousand comments for this video about the spirit of this classical composer... There’s still hope for the world. (Grazie mille Antonio 🤘🏼❤️).
Holding bow with left and and violin with right hand. SACRILEGIOUS.
It is an absolute masterpiece, conceived in a state of grace and after 300 years it is still a must. Giuliano Carmignola's interpretation is excellent and involving.
Ahhh, I love classical music!!! And the four seasons of Vivaldi are amazing! My favorite is spring (second favorite is summer). I always thought that the violins sounded like birds!
I still love Vivalvi´s Four Seasons, as much as I did the first time I heard it :D
Finally a video on Classical music by Ted. Maybe something about the piano next time?
Watching this right after visiting a classical music concert where the orchestra played Einter and Spring pieces by Vivaldi. It's a truly magical experience, how lucky we are all to have the Internet, so that we can enjoy this masterpiece anytime 💜
Trying to discover and educate myself on classical composers and classical music in general. Just listened to this (Winter) through for the first time (by the St. Mark's Philharmonic Orchestra). I cried twice, very dramatic, very powerful, very interesting. ❤ This video here provides some context on Vivaldi, thank you 🙏
I'm surprised no one has noticed that the animation has a left-handed violinist.
Finally found out who ling ling is:)
Im a lefthanded violinist
Vivaldi’s Spring sounds so different after watching this video
it hit different
i expected more info about the other seasons too
Vivaldi's music is wonderful. Great music never dies.
It’s always been my favourite, I’ve travelled remote parts of Australia, with it cranked up full volume on m CD player.
The best video describing classical music.
I love the FOUR SEASONSSSS. been listenin to them since i was in 10th grade
one picture creates an image of one scene,
a music masterpiece creates thousands of images
That why I love my generation, knowledge is soo accessible
Yet they still eat tide pods :/
@@AE-pv9vc 😆😆
This is a wonderful explanation of Le Quattro Stagione, thanks for the review of this masterpiece, Grazie mille!
Dancing to Vivaldi is the most beautiful thing I have done in my dance career so far. There is so much movement in what he wrote it always inspires so much joy.
Stopped it at 0:01 ... because it is goddam beautiful? Just a thought...
Great way to introduce the “The Four Seasons” to young children.
Music at its best ❤
Already listened to it on a train a few days ago. I had no idea there could be this much meaning behind it!
my favorite composer!
Spring 1st movement-Relaxing!
Summer 3rd movement-Amazing!
Autumn 3rd movemen-A little invigorating.
Winter 1st movement-Pleases introverted souls.
My favorite season has always been spring. But, since I am an introvert, I'll listen more closely to winter with a different mindset. Thank you for the insight.
Okay I'm convinced. I might also try learning to play the winter part on my electric guitar, I'm curious how that might sound.
look for it here on youtube, there's a metal version of it and it's f*cking amazing!
Ruko831 It really is amazing ! Thank you !
somewhat intrigued
Tell me how it goes... Please.
@@marinettemasyrenaud8742 It was way out of my reach. At the time of my comment, I've only been playing for a year. Now, I'm at 4 years.
Recently, I've learned to play all of "Summer" by ear. I tried winter before that, but the final part is still a bit too fast for me to play, might wait a year before trying it again.
Vivaldi is my favourite classical composer, along with Chopin :D
Vivaldi was a baroque composer and chopin was a romantic composer there is a huge difference between these era's especially classical period was enteriely different from baroque and romantic
@@the7thfalsestart Yet at the same time there are several similarities in these eras. Baroque influenced Romanticism and the romantics took ideas from the Baroque that the Classical guys left behind. Mendelssohn, Brhams, Rachminoff among others are my witnesses.
@@the7thfalsestart Also Classical is a product of Baroque. Despite the differences, there were several similarities. Its like comparing the child of someone to the father who both do not appear the same, but the child came from the father. Same with these styles. They are more closely related than lets say eastern Asian compositions before the advent of westernization. Those music styles would be completely different in harmony, tuning, form, melodic sequencing, etc. They may not even use any of these functions. I argue the 3 western eras mentioned above are more cloesly related than other genres. Alas, in the end all music is related because it's all vibration
It feels good to this masterpiece appreciated because of how soothing it is.
The magic of music and stories synchornizing with each other 😍😍😍
you can tell that Vivaldi 's name is still well-known and alive today by look at the Music Credit at 4:08 XDDD making me feel like he's never died
Loved the video!
I had no idea about this kind of music this was such an informative video I'm going to listen to Vivaldi now lol
Light, bright, and cheerful. ¶
It's some of the most familiar
of all early 18th century music.
It's been featured in uncounted films
and television commercials,
but what is it
and why does it sound that way?
This is the opening of "Spring"
from "The Four Seasons,"
by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi.
"The Four Seasons" are famous in part
because they are a delight to the ear.
However, even more notable
is the fact that
they have stories to tell.
At the time of their publication
in Amsterdam in 1725,
they were accompanied by poems
describing exactly what feature
of that season
Vivaldi intended to capture
in musical terms.
In providing specific plot content
for instrumental music,
Vivaldi was generations ahead of his time.
If one were to read the poems
simultaneously to hearing the music,
one would find the poetic scenes
synchronizing nicely
with the musical imagery.
We are told that the birds welcome
spring with happy song,
and here they are doing exactly that.
Soon, however,
a thunderstorm breaks out.
Not only is there musical thunder
and lightning,
there are also more birds,
wet, frightened, and unhappy.
In "Summer," the turtle dove sings
her name "tortorella" in Italian,
before a hail storm flattens the fields.
"Autumn" brings eager hunters dashing
out in pursuit of their prey.
The "Winter" concerto begins with teeth
chattering in the cold
before one takes refuge by
a crackling fire.
Then it's back out into the storm
where there'll be slips
and falls on the ice.
In these first weeks of winter,
the old year is coming to a close,
and so does Vivaldi's musical exploration
of the seasons.
Not until the early 19th century
would such expressive instrumental
program music, as it was known,
become popular.
By then, larger, more varied ensembles
were the rule with woodwinds, brass, and percussion
to help tell the tale.
But Vivaldi pulled it off with just
one violin, strings, and a harpsichord.
Unlike his contemporary Bach,
Vivaldi wasn't much interested
in complicated fugues.
He preferred to offer readily
accessible entertainment to his listeners
with melodies that pop back up later
in a piece to remind us of where we've been.
So the first movement of the "Spring"
concerto begins with a theme for spring
and ends with it, too, slightly varied
from when it was last heard.
It was an inspired way
to attract listeners,
and Vivaldi,
considered one of the most electrifying
violinists of the early 18th century,
understood the value
of attracting audiences.
Such concerts might feature himself
as the star violinist.
Others presented the young musicians
of the Pietà,a Venetian girls' school
where Vivaldi was Director of Music.
Most of the students were orphans.
Music training was intended not only
as social skills suitable for young ladies ,but also as potential careers for those who might fail
to make good marriages.
Even in the composer's own time,
Vivaldi's music served as diversion for all,
not just for the wealthy aristocrats.
300 years later, it's an approach
that still works,
and Vivaldi's music still sounds
like trotting horses on the move.
He managed to capture the essences and take them to another form. I always listen to this piece during reviews to clear my mind and bring me peace. That way I may be inside my house but my mind is in an adventure.
A Thomas Hawkins
Jul 4, 2010
Vivaldi's haiku
Winter went, Spring sprung
Summers never long enough
Autumn comes too soon
The four seasons and a musical offering by Bach are such magnificent contributions to humanity. I’ve listened to the four seasons hundreds of times!
Masterpieces
So no ones gonna talk about how sacrilegious these violin holds are
No...t yet
LOL
Sigh..
I was looking for this ;)
Fricker is using sacrilegious like it's 18 century
I listen to Master Violinist Vivaldi's music almost every day....as it inspires my heart, soul & hands to create beautiful art. Vivaldi, the gift that will keep on giving for all time.
The one done by chesky recondings is so amazing! ❤️
I went here after watching Portrait Of A Lady On Fire because how Marianne explained music to Heloise.