The full version of Vivaldi’s Autumn, performed on original instruments by the award winning Early Music ensemble Voices of Music. Carla Moore, solo baroque violin. 4K video from our December, 2018, concerto program.
Full text of Antonio’s sonnet which accompanied “Autumn.”
Autumn (Concerto No. 3 in F major)
Allegro
The peasant celebrates by dancing and singing
The pleasure of the rich harvest,
And full of Bacchus liquor
They end their rejoicings with a sleep.
Adagio molto
All are led to abandon the dances and the songs
By the air which, now sweet, gives pleasure
And by the season, which invites many
To find their pleasure in a sweet sleep.
Allegro
All are led to abandon the dances and the songs
By the air which, now sweet, gives pleasure
And by the season, which invites many
To find their pleasure in a sweet sleep.
