Winter from "The Four Seasons"
General Info
Year: 1725 / 2009
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Violin concerto
Publisher: Tapspace
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $40.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Percussion, including:
- Chimes
- Crotales
- Glockenspiels (2)
- Marimba (5-octave)
- Marimbas (3 small)
- Sleigh Bells (high and low)
- Timpani
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Although he wrote 39 operas, 73 sonatas and generous amounts of religious music, Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi is best known for his concertos. Having learned the violin from his father, a Venetian barber, Vivaldi later penned one of the most popular string pieces in history, The Four Seasons.
Written in Vivaldi's distinctive style, the composition features melodies often broken into small phrases with forceful syncopated rhythms, making it a perfect subject for percussion adaptation.
- Program Note from score
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Cross Timbers Middle School Honor Band (J.J. Pipitone, conductor) - 2011
Media
State Ratings
- Florida: IV
- Indiana: 113 - LARGE PERCUSSION ENSEMBLES
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Cross Timbers Middle School (Grapevine, Tx.) Honors Band (J.J. Pipitone, conductor) – 15 December 2011 (2011 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Concerto for Two Flutes
- Concerto for Two Trumpets and Symphonic Band (arr. Lang) (1920?/1964)
- Concerto in B-flat (tr. Yeago) (<1742/2005)
- Concerto in C Major for Two Trumpets (arr. Rumbelow) (1996?)
- Concerto from "L'Estero armonico" (arr. Marlatt) (1711/2016)
- Concerto Grosso in D minor (arr. Cacavas)
- Concerto in C
- Four Seasons, The (1725)
- Gloria
- Italian Masters Suite (arr. Gordon) (1963)
- Largo (arr. Hautvast)
- Piccolo Concerto in C major (arr. Bělohoubek) (1728-29/)
- Piccolo Concerto in C major (arr. Reed) (1728-29/1962/1969)
- Viva Vivaldi (arr. Jenkins) (1963)
- Winter from "The Four Seasons" (arr. Giroux) (1725/)
- Winter from "The Four Seasons" (arr. Slawson) (1725/2009)
Resources
- The Four Seasons (Vivaldi), Wikipedia Accessed 15 June 2021
- Perusal score