Monday, November 3, 2025

The Four Seasons: a distinctive Western classical masterpiece

 Anyone who knows me well enough will know I am a music nut(not among the popular fruits : cashew, almond, hazelnut, but implying I am moved in multifarious ways by different kinds of world music, which characteristic has had a poignant slant to it ever since I came out of my extended hospital stay at Levindale(https://share.google/hp6J6OvDqNR6FfNE9), following my car accident on 2/7/2013 (hydroplaning etc. etc.) in the US state of Maryland, when I was blessed my voice box was spared, considering everything!


One brilliant composition that can be a rich conversation piece is Antonio Vivaldi's 'The Four Seasons'{ 🫡}:


https://youtu.be/GRxofEmo3HA?si=pPEChNJztCcY1hG4


So much can be written in praise of each movement(for a season), but the opening minute or so is so distinctive a sound everyone recognizes it after hearing it once.

 

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The Four Seasons: a distinctive Western classical masterpiece

 Anyone who knows me well enough will know I am a music nut(not among the popular fruits : cashew, almond, hazelnut, but implying I am moved...