Other musicians of the time composed on this theme, but none as Vivaldi described nature and the seasons in such a pictorial and evocative way in fact, the composer was able to reproduce with his music the spring song of birds, the summer storms, the autumn harvest or the winter rain.

The latter were also accompanied by as many descriptive sonnets, by an anonymous poet (perhaps by Vivaldi himself). Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe. Each concert refers to one of the four seasons and is divided into three movements, of which two, the first and the third, are in Allegro or Presto time, while the intermediate one is characterized by a tempo of Adagio or Largo, according to a pattern that Vivaldi used for most of his concerts. Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 - 28 July 1741), nicknamed il Prete Rosso ('The Red Priest') because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Published in 1725, the most famous work of the famous composer is actually made up of the first four concerts of a collection of twelve known as Il Cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Inventione and represents one of the first examples of music with a programme, that is descriptive compositions.

The wonderful baroque architecture of the Caravita Oratory becomes an evocative setting for Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons performed by the Quintet of Strings and Harpsichord of Opera and Lyric with the first violin Elvin Dhimitri.

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