Winter (L’inverno)

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Winter (L’inverno) is the fourth and final violin concerto in Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, vividly depicting the harshness and chill of winter through its expressive Baroque musical imagery.

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Winter (L’inverno) canonical 2

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque composition ⓘ
concerto ⓘ
programmatic music ⓘ
violin concerto ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate circa 1716–1723 ⓘ
associatedSeason winter ⓘ
basedOn sonnet about winter ⓘ
bassoContinuo present ⓘ
catalogNumber RV 297 ⓘ
commonlyPerformedWith Autumn (L’autunno) ⓘ
Spring (La primavera) ⓘ
linked to: Primavera

Summer (L’estate) ⓘ
linked to: L’estate
composer Antonio Vivaldi ⓘ
cyclePositionInOpus No. 4 of Op. 8 ⓘ
depicts cold and chill ⓘ
falling rain ⓘ
harshness of winter ⓘ
icy winds ⓘ
shivering in the cold ⓘ
sitting by a warm fire ⓘ
slipping on ice ⓘ
ensemble string orchestra ⓘ
firstMovementTempoMarking Allegro non molto ⓘ
firstPublisher Michel-Charles Le Cène ⓘ
follows Autumn (L’autunno) ⓘ
genre program music ⓘ
violin concerto ⓘ
hasSeasonNumber Season IV ⓘ
key F minor ⓘ
languageOfTitle Italian ⓘ
movementCount 3 ⓘ
notableFeature contrasts between harsh cold and indoor warmth ⓘ
virtuosic solo violin writing ⓘ
vivid tone painting ⓘ
numberInSeries fourth concerto ⓘ
opusGrouping Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 8 No. 4 ⓘ
partOf The Four Seasons ⓘ
partOfLargerWorkByTitle Le quattro stagioni ⓘ
period Baroque ⓘ
positionInCycle final concerto in The Four Seasons ⓘ
precededBy Autumn (L’autunno) ⓘ
publicationYear 1725 ⓘ
publishedIn Amsterdam ⓘ
secondMovementTempoMarking Largo ⓘ
soloInstrument violin ⓘ
style Italian Baroque ⓘ
thirdMovementTempoMarking Allegro ⓘ
titleInEnglish Winter ⓘ
titleInItalian L’inverno ⓘ
uses ritornello form ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Four Seasons → hasPart → Winter (L’inverno) ⓘ
Autumn (L’autunno) → relatedWork → Winter (L’inverno) ⓘ