Concerto RV 315, Op. 8, No. 2 <em>L'Estate</em> (III : Presto) -- Urtext

Four Seasons - Summer- Concerto in G minor - Third Movement$$$$$$This Presto is the third and last movement in the Concerto RV 315, Op. 8, No. 2 (L'Estate) by Antonio Vivaldi.

This concerto is part of Vivaldi's famous Four Seasons [Le quattro stagioni], a series of four concertos part of Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione [The Contest of Harmony and Invention].

Each concerto in the Four Seasons is associated to a sonnet probably written by Vivaldi himself.

The verses corresponding to the Presto of the Summer concerto are as follows :

Ah che pur troppo i Suo timor Son veri
Tuona e fulmina il Ciel e grandioso
Tronca il capo alle Spiche e a' grani alteri.

[Alas, his fears were justified
The Heavens thunder and roar and majestically
Cut the head off the wheat and damage the grain.]

Please note the following points about this Urtext edition :

• Measures 48-49 : the E natural in the violin part is editorial
• Measure 52 : the E natural in the violin part is editorial
• Measure 54 : the C sharp in the violin part is editorial
• Measures 113 and 120 : the tutti indication is editorial
• Measure 116 : the solo indication is editorial

$$$$$$Duration : 03:09$$$$$$Source : Antonio Vivaldi, Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, Op. 8 (Amsterdam : Le Cène, 1725).$$$$$$BGeCMPyrz_U