The Autumnal Equinox is almost here — Fall begins on Friday, September 22. Baroque era composer and violinist Antonio Vivaldi famously honored each season with a Concerto, and an accompanying sonnet for each. In his AUTUMN Concerto, Vivaldi depicted “The peasant celebrates with song and dance the harvest safely gathered in,” “cooling breezes,” and hunters who “emerge at dawn, ready for the chase.”
Vivaldi’s FOUR SEASONS are among his most famous compositions, and some of the “greatest hits” of the baroque era. But did you know that another Italian composer also wrote FOUR SEASONS, accompanied by sonnets, at roughly the same time as Vivaldi? (maybe even a little earlier) His name was Giovanni Antonio Guido, although we know much less about his life than we know about Vivaldi’s. As you welcome the new season, I hope you’ll enjoy listening to Giovanni Antonio Guido’s musical take on AUTUMN.