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Violin Concerto in F major (The Four Seasons), RV 293 / Op. 8 No. 3

“Autumn”172314 min

This guide follows Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto in F major (The Four Seasons), RV 293 / Op. 8 No. 3 “Autumn” (1723) in three parts: Allegro, Adagio molto and Allegro.

Recording: Salvatore Accardo (violin), Bruno Canino (harpsichord), I Solisti di Napoli, Salvatore Accardo (1987)

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Follow all 24 sections as they play

  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
I0:15–7:04

The opens with a peasants' harvest dance, a for the orchestra ( 1) that four times, up to the final 5. The answers. In the labelled the drunkard, the dance rhythm can seem to stumble, speeding up and slowing down. The , and then a brief slow passage, headed "the drunks asleep", leads into the final .

  1. 1
  2. 1
II 7:19–10:23
III10:35–13:48

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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