![]() ![]() – Musicians using their bodies and different parts of their instruments to make percussive sounds. – Elements we’ve heard before – crickets, tango, glissando, all coming together in a fugue (when each player takes turns with a theme – before they all the different themes are woven together). Piazzolla: ‘Primavera porteña’ (Spring in Buenos Aires) – Icicles – the chattering of teeth and shivering. Vivaldi: Concerto in F minor, ‘L’inverno’ (Winter) – Hints of Vivaldi’s Summer interwoven like passing characters in a busy square. Perhaps the person is deep in thought – but surrounded by the city. – A love song between the solo cello and violin. ![]() Piazzolla: ‘Invierno porteño’ (Winter in Buenos Aires) – A section where someone is sleeping because they stayed up too late eating and drinking! Who do you think the solo violin might be? ![]() Imagine the people stamping and linking hands. Vivaldi: Concerto in F major, ‘L’autunno’ (Autumn) – A reflective section introduced by a cello, as if someone new has just walked onto the scene. – Insects – played using a technique called sul ponticello where the musicians place their bow very close to the wooden bridge of their instruments to create more of a rasping sound. It is the heat’s season, Vivaldi tells us that the high temperatures affect men and animals alike with a slowness sensation and doze that it describes musically this way, also describes to us how the cucu in the warm nights of summer sings rhythmically, we also listen to the languid song of a lark in the warm summer sunset. Piazzolla: ‘Otoño porteño’ (Autumn in Buenos Aires) – Thunder rumbling in the background – and then a dramatic summer storm. Perhaps it’s feeling a bit lazy in the heat? – The solo violin taking lots of time singing away. Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor, ‘L’estate’ (Summer) – An echo of Vivaldi’s Winter (when it’s summer in Buenos Aires, it’s winter in Italy!) – Sliding movements in the violin, called glissandos, playing over the ‘chugging’ rhythms which set the tango pulse. Tinha a alcunha de il Prete Rosso ('o padre ruivo') por ser um sacerdote catlico de cabelos ruivos. Piazzolla: ‘Verano porteño’ (Summer in Buenos Aires) Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (Veneza, 4 de maro de 1678 Viena, 28 de julho de 1741) foi um compositor e msico do estilo barroco tardio oriundo da Repblica de Veneza, atual Itlia. – A barking dog in the viola during the slow section. – Twittering birds in the trilling violins. Vivaldi: Concerto in E major, ‘La primavera’ (Spring) ![]()
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